Ferreiraella
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| Genus: | Ferreiraella
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| Ferreiraella caribbensi Sirenko, 1988
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Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989 | |
Ferreiraella is a genus of Lepidopleurid chiton that belongs to the family Abyssochitonidae. The family it belongs to contains only this genus making it monotypic.[1]
Members of this genus feed on sunken wood.[2]
Species
This genus currently contains 11 described species and two subspecies of Ferreiraella xylophaga.[1]
- Ferreiraella bartlettae (A. J. Ferreira, 1986)
- Ferreiraella caribbensis Sirenko, 1988
- Ferreiraella charazata Sigwart, 2025
- Ferreiraella plana (Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Ferreiraella populi Sigwart, 2026[2]
- Ferreiraella scrippsiana (A. J. Ferreira, 1980)
- Ferreiraella soyomaruae (S.-K. Wu & Okutani, 1984)
- Ferreiraella takii (S.-K. Wu & Okutani, 1984)
- Ferreiraella tsuchidai H. Saito, 2006
- Ferreiraella xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992)
References
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
- ^ a b Alliance (SOSA), Senckenberg Ocean Species; Chen, Chong; Frank, Hosea; Kraniotis, Laura; Nakadera, Yumi; Schwabe, Enrico; Sigwart, Julia D.; Trautwein, Bianca; Vončina, Katarzyna (2026-02-06). "Ocean Species Discoveries 28–30 — new species of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) and a public naming competition". Biodiversity Data Journal. 14. doi:10.3897/BDJ.14.e180491. ISSN 1314-2828.