Chiton Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent |
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Chiton glaucus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Neoloricata |
Family: | Chitonidae |
Subfamily: | Chitoninae |
Genus: |
Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
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Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows: