Dinoplax
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| Dinoplax | |
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| Giant chiton {Dinoplax gigas) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
| Genus: | Dinoplax Carpenter in Dall, 1882 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Dinoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs.
Taxonomy
[edit]Species in this genus include:[1]
- Dinoplax chelazziana (Ferreira, 1983)
- Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899
- Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791)
- Dinoplax validifossus Ashby, 1934
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010