Chaetopleura


Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. The species within this genus are marine molluscs.

Taxonomy

The genus has been separated into two subgenera.
subgenus Chaetopleura Chaetopleura angolensis Thiele, 1909Chaetopleura angulata Chaetopleura apiculata Chaetopleura asperior Chaetopleura asperrima Chaetopleura benaventei Plate, 1899Chaetopleura benguelensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1987Chaetopleura biarmata de Rochebrune, 1882Chaetopleura brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912Chaetopleura debruini Chaetopleura fernandensis Plate, 1899Chaetopleura gambiensis Chaetopleura hanselmani Chaetopleura hennahi Chaetopleura isabellei Chaetopleura lurida Chaetopleura papilio Chaetopleura pertusa Chaetopleura peruviana Chaetopleura pomarium Barnard, 1963Chaetopleura pustulata Chaetopleura roddai Ferreira, 1983Chaetopleura shyana Ferreira, 1983Chaetopleura sowerbyana Chaetopleura staphylophera Lyons, 1985Chaetopleura unilineata Leloup, 1954
subgenus Pallochiton Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
  • ''Chaetopleura lanuginosa''