Leptochiton
Temporal range:
Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Suborder: Lepidopleurina
Family: Leptochitonidae
Subfamily: Leptochitoninae
Genus: Leptochiton
Gray, 1847
Type species
Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
  • Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
  • Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.[2]

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.[3]

Species

  • Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015[3]
  • Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species[3]
  • Leptochiton bergenhayni Saito, 2011
  • Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
  • Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)[4]
  • Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)[3]
  • Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010[3]
  • Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
  • Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  • Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
  • Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990
  • Leptochiton macleani Sirenko, 2015
  • Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
  • Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
  • Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
  • Leptochiton mutschkeae Sirenko, 2015
  • Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
  • Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
  • Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
  • Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
  • Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
  • Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
  • Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
  • Leptochiton taiwanensis Sirenko, 2018
  • Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
  • Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
  • and many more

References

  1. 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2021-04-30
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
    • Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5


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