Some descriptions, size and ranges have been taken from following reference works:
Ashby, Edwin, Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons), Annals of the South African Museum, Vol XXX
Kaas, Piet & Richard Van Belle Monograph of Living Chitons, 5 volumes, E.J. Brill, Netherlands, 1985-1994
Pilsbry, Henry A., Manual of Conchology, Polyplacophora, Volumes XIV & XV, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1892/1893


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Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Range: European coast & North African Coast (Algeria) of Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal south to Canary Islands.


Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859)
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Range: Northwest coast of Africa, Canary Islands and Portugal to western half of Mediterranean Sea


Callochiton dentatus (Spengler, 1797)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Lepidochitona stroemfelti (Poli, 1791)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Canary Islands



Chaetopleura papilio (Spengler, 1797)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Chaetopleura pertusa (Reeve, 1847)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Chaetopleura pomarium Bernard, 1963
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South-western coast of South Africa



Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Ischnochiton bergoti (Velain, 1877)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Southern Africa



Ischnochiton cessaci (de Rochebrune, 1881)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Cape Verde, Senegal, Angola and Canary Islands



Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Ischnochiton textilis (Gray, 1828)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Lepidozona debruini Strack, 1996
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
CHITONIDAE
Range: Canary Islands



Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899
CHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Chiton nigrovirescens de Blainville, 1825
CHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
CHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
CHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Acanthochiton discrepans (Brown, 1827)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range:



Acanthochitona garnoti (de Blainville, 1825)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa



Notoplax producta (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: South Africa