Chaetopleura Explained

Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.^[1] The species within this genus are marine molluscs.

Taxonomy

The genus has been separated into two subgenera.^[1]

subgenus Chaetopleura (Shuttleworth, 1853)

• Chaetopleura angolensis Thiele, 1909
• Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)
• Chaetopleura apiculata (Say in Conrad, 1834)
• Chaetopleura asperior (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)
• Chaetopleura asperrima (Couthoy MS, Gould, 1852)
• Chaetopleura benaventei Plate, 1899
• Chaetopleura benguelensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1987
• Chaetopleura biarmata de Rochebrune, 1882
• Chaetopleura brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912
• Chaetopleura debruini (Strack, 1996)
• Chaetopleura fernandensis Plate, 1899
• Chaetopleura gambiensis (de Rochebrune, 1881)
• Chaetopleura hanselmani (Ferreira, 1982)
• Chaetopleura hennahi (Gray, 1828)
• Chaetopleura isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Chaetopleura lurida (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
• Chaetopleura papilio (Spengler, 1797)
• Chaetopleura pertusa (Reeve, 1847)
• Chaetopleura peruviana (Lamarck, 1819)
• Chaetopleura pomarium Barnard, 1963
• Chaetopleura pustulata (Krauss, 1848)
• Chaetopleura roddai Ferreira, 1983
• Chaetopleura shyana Ferreira, 1983
• Chaetopleura sowerbyana (Reeve, 1847)
• Chaetopleura staphylophera Lyons, 1985
• Chaetopleura unilineata Leloup, 1954

subgenus Pallochiton (Dall, 1879)

• Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
• Chaetopleura lanuginosa

Notes and References

1. Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138086 on 2011-01-27