All Species
43 Species in Family Mopaliidae
Nominal species list for Mopaliidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1787)
Amicula pallasii (Middendorff, 1847)
Amicula vestita (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)
Katharina tunicata (Wood, 1815) Black katy
Mopalia acuta (Carpenter, 1855)
Mopalia ciliata (Sowerby II, 1840) Hairy chiton
Mopalia cirrata Berry, 1919
Mopalia egretta Berry, 1919 Egret-plumped mopalia
Mopalia ferreirai Clark, 1991
Mopalia hindsii (Reeve, 1847) Hind's Mopalia
Mopalia imporcata Carpenter, 1864
Mopalia kennerleyi Carpenter, 1864 Northern hairy chiton
Mopalia laevior Pilsbry, 1918
Mopalia lignosa (Gould, 1846) Woody chiton
Mopalia lowei Pilsbry, 1918
Mopalia muscosa (Gould, 1846) Mossy chiton
Mopalia phorminx Berry, 1919
Mopalia porifera Pilsbry, 1893
Mopalia recurvans Barnawell, 1960
Mopalia sinuata Carpenter, 1864 Dwarf hairy mopalia
Mopalia spectabilis Cowan & Cowan, 1977 Red-flecked mopalia
Mopalia swanii Carpenter, 1864 Swan's mopalia
Mopalia vespertina (Gould, 1852) Smooth mopalia
Nuttallochiton mirandus (Smith & Thiele, 1906)
Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
Placiphorella borealis Pilsbry, 1893 Boreal veiled chiton
Placiphorella mirabilis Clark, 1994
Placiphorella rufa Berry, 1917 Red veiled chiton
Placiphorella stimpsoni (Gould, 1859) Veiled chiton
Placiphorella velata Dall, 1879 Veiled Pacific chiton
Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) Camouflaged spiny sea cradle
Plaxiphora australis (Suter, 1907)
Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)
Plaxiphora egregia (Adams, 1867)
Plaxiphora fernandezi Thiele, 1909
Plaxiphora gwenae Ferreira, 1987
Plaxiphora kamehamehae Ferreira & Bertsch, 1979
Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936
Plaxiphora murdochi Suter, 1905
Plaxiphora obtecta Carpenter, 1893
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