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

Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Chiton pulchellus*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	junior homonym
*Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Chiton corallinus*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Chiton freelandi*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Chiton philippii*	Issel, 1870	synonym
*Chiton rubellus*	Pilsbry, 1893	synonym
*Chiton rubicundus*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Dell'Angelo B., Lesport J.F., Cluzaud A. & Sosso M. (2018). The Oligocene to Miocene chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwestern France, and Ligerian Basin, western France. Part 1: Leptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Spinochitonidae fam. nov. and Schizochitonidae. Bollettino Malacologico. 54(1): 1-47.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Van Dingenen, F.; Ceulemans, L. (2018). The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa. 4447(1): 1-62.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826). 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:1288184