POLYPLACOPHORA Gray, 1821
(chitons, coat-of-mail shells)

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Subclass 3 subtaxa 121 images
Order 3 subtaxa 121 images
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Suborder 3 subtaxa 121 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassPOLYPLACOPHORA (chitons, coat-of-mail shells)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jones, A.M. & Baxter, J.M. 1987 Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 37, The Linnean Society of London
Matthews, G. 1967 The Identification of British Chitons Papers of Students, No. 9, Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

POLYPLACOPHORA (chitons, coat-of-mail shells) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for POLYPLACOPHORA (chitons, coat-of-mail shells)
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