Chitonida
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Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Chitonida
- The chitons, molluscs with a shell that is divided into eight articulating valves of aragonite.
- A taxonomic order within the class Polyplacophora.
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Neoloricata.
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Neoloricata.
Synonyms
- (order): Ischnochitonina
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Polyplacophora - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Acanthochitonina, Chitonina - suborders
References
Chitonida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Polyplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chitonida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chitonida at World Register of Marine Species
- Chitonida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Polyplacophora at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Chitonida at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI