Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Chitonina > Superfamily Chitonoidea > Family Chitonidae > Subfamily Chitoninae

Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chiton (Clathropleura)*	Tiberi, 1877	synonym
*Chiton (Rhyssoplax)*	Thiele, 1893	synonym

Children

Rhyssoplax canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)
Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)
Rhyssoplax phaseolina (Monterosato, 1879)

Literature

original description	Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Toschel] Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893].
additional source	O'Neill, M. (1989). The genusRhyssoplaxThiele in the New Zealand Region (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 16(1): 81-92.
status source	Bullock R.C. (1988). The genus Chiton in the New World (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae). The Veliger. 31:141–191.
status source	Sirenko B. (2006). New outlook on the system of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Venus. 65(1-2): 27-49.
subsequent type designation	Opinion 951. (1971). Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (Amphineura): Designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 28(1): 18-19.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893. 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:385600