Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Mopaliidae > Subfamily Mopaliinae

Placiphorella Dall, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placophora*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882	synonym
*Placophora (Euplacophora)*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882	synonym

Children

Placiphorella atlantica (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ババガセ属

Literature

original description	Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 1: 281-344, pls 1-5.
basis of record	Clark R.N. (1994) Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 37(3): 290-311. [1 July 1994]
additional source	McLean J.H. 1962. Feeding behavior of the chiton Placiphorella. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 35: 23-26
additional source	Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow
additional source	Saito, H.; Okutani T. (1989). Revision on shallow-water species of the genus Placiphorella (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) from Japan. The Veliger. 32(2): 209-227. [3 April 1989].
additional source	Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placiphorella Dall, 1879. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138187