Septemchitonidae
| Septemchitonidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | †Paleoloricata |
| Suborder: | †Septemchitonina |
| Family: | †Septemchitonidae Bergenhayn, 1955 |
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Septemchitonidae is an extinct family of chitons (Polyplacophora) known from Europe and North America. Morphologically, the clade is defined by rectangular plates, and the upside-down V-shape of species' valves when viewed in cross-section.