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 - Placiphorella rufa
      Species - Placiphorella stimpsoni
      Species - Placiphorella velata
      Species - Placiphorella atlantica
      Species - Placiphorella borealis
      Species - Placiphorella mirabilis