Chaetopleura
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Chaetopleura Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent |
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| Chaetopleura papilio | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Subclass: | Neoloricata |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Suborder: | Chitonina |
| Superfamily: | Chitonoidea |
| Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
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Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853 |
Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. The species within this genus are marine molluscs.
The genus has been separated into two subgenera.
subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)
subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)
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