NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mopaliidae
  Suborder - Ischnochitonina
  Order - Chitonida
  Subclass - Neoloricata
  Class - Polyplacophora
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mopalia ciliata
      Species - Mopalia cirrata
      Species - Mopalia egretta
      Species - Mopalia hindsii
      Species - Mopalia imporcata
      Species - Mopalia laevior
      Species - Mopalia lignosa
      Species - Mopalia muscosa
      Species - Mopalia sinuata
      Species - Mopalia swanii
      Species - Mopalia acuta
      Species - Mopalia lionotus
      Species - Mopalia lowei
      Species - Mopalia phorminx
      Species - Mopalia porifera
      Species - Mopalia recurvans
      Species - Mopalia spectabilis
      Species - Mopalia ferreirai