Placiphorella

Placiphorella
Placiphorella velata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Mopaliidae
Subfamily:	Mopaliinae
Genus:	Placiphorella Dall, 1879

Placiphorella, the veiled chiton, is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs with precephalic tentacles, ^[1] which are used in feeding. ^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Placiphorella include the following: ^[3]

• Placiphorella albitestae Is. Taki, 1954
• Placiphorella atlantica (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882)
• Placiphorella blainvillii (Broderip, 1832)
• Placiphorella borealijaponica H. Saito & Okutani, 1989
• Placiphorella borealis Pilsbry, 1893
• Placiphorella hanselmani R. N. Clark, 1994
• Placiphorella isaotakii H. Saito, Fujikura & Tsuchida, 2008
• Placiphorella laurae R. N. Clark, 2019
• Placiphorella methanophila Vončina, 2024
• Placiphorella mirabilis R. N. Clark, 1994
• Placiphorella okutanii H. Saito, Fujikura & Tsuchida, 2008
• Placiphorella pacifica S. S. Berry, 1919
• Placiphorella rufa S. S. Berry, 1917
• Placiphorella stimpsoni (A. Gould, 1859)
• Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879)

See also

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References

1. Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). BRILL. ISBN   9789004074149.
2. "Feeding Behavior of the Chiton Placiphorella" (PDF). J. Molluscan Stud. 35 (1): 23–26. 1962.^{[ dead link ]}
3. Gofas, Serge (2004). "Placiphorella Dall, 1879". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 October 2025.