Genus Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853

Chaetopleura: Shuttleworth 1853: 182 .

Type species: Chiton peruvianus Lamarck, 1819, by subsequent designation (Dall 1879: 296).

For synonymy, see Kaas & Van Belle (1987).

Distribution: Worldwide, but most species occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, and South and Central America (Schwabe 2006). Oligocene – Recent.