Chaetopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.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 The species within this genus are marine molluscs.
Taxonomy The genus has been separated into two subgenera.
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
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