Mopaliidae

Mopaliidae
Mopalia muscosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Suborder:	Chitonina
Family:	Mopaliidae Dall, 1889

Mopaliidae is a family of marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora. ^{[1] [2]}

Genera

There are 10 recognized genera: ^[2]

• Amicula Gray, 1847
• Dendrochiton Berry, 1911
• Gallardochiton Sirenko, 2007
• Katharina Gray, 1847
• Mopalia Gray, 1847
• Mopaliella Thiele, 1909
• Nuttallochiton Plate, 1899
• Placiphorella Dall, 1879
• Placiphorina Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
• Plaxiphora Gray, 1847 (synonym Maorichiton Iredale, 1914)

References

1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN   90 6279 018 6.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Mopaliidae Dall, 1889". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 18 January 2021.