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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 |
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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: