Neoloricata

{{Short description|Extinct subclass of mollusc}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tonicella-lineata.jpg

| image_caption = Tonicella lineata

| taxon = Neoloricata

| authority = Bergenhayn, 1955

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision_ref =

| subdivision = {{nested taxon list

|Suborder Lepidopleurina||{{linked taxon list

|Leptochitonidae|

|Protochitonidae|

|Hanleyidae|

|Afossochitonidae|}}

|Suborder Chitonina||{{linked taxon list

|Ischnochitonidae|

|Mopaliidae|

|Schizochitonidae|

|Chitonidae|}}

|Suborder Acanthochitonina||{{linked taxon list

|Cryptoplacidae|

|Acanthochitonidae|

|Lavenachiton{{!}}Lavenachiton|(Family uncertain)}}

}}

}}

Neoloricata comprises the living representatives of the polyplacophoran molluscs, but also includes several species only known from fossils.{{Fossil chiton catalogue}}