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: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Chiton squamosus
      Species - Chiton marmoratus
      Species - Chiton tuberculatus
      Species - Chiton albolineatus
      Species - Chiton articulatus
      Species - Chiton laevigatus
      Species - Chiton stokesi
      Species - Chiton virgulatus
      Species - Chiton viridis