Chiton (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Chitoninae Higher classification Chitonidae Rank Genus		Family Chitonidae Scientific name Chiton Phylum Mollusca Order Neoloricata

Lower classifications Chiton magnificus, Chiton tuberculatus, Chiton glaucus

Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:

Subgenus Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758

Chiton (Chiton) albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829

Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987

Chiton (Chiton) articulatus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832

Chiton (Chiton) bowenii King & Broderip, 1831

Chiton (Chiton) ceylanicus E. A. Smith, 1904

Chiton (Chiton) connectens Thiele, 1909

Chiton (Chiton) cumingsii Frembly, 1827

Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828

Chiton (Chiton) granoradiatus Leloup, 1937

Chiton (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827

Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979

Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981)

Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986

Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840

Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)

Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus Gmelin, 1791

Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893

Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

Chiton (Chiton) stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832

Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914)

Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907

Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus Sowerby, 1840

Chiton (Chiton) viridis Spengler, 1797

Subgenus Chiton (Mucrosquama) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)

Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867

Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor (Hull, 1923)

Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898

Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Thiele, 1893)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi Ashby, 1931

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli Pilsbry, 1895

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) burmanus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi Pilsbry, 1894

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus (Iredale & May, 1916)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith in Gardiner, 1903)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus Maughan, 1900

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus Thiele, 1909

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) perviridis Carpenter, 1865

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) phaseolinus di Monterosato, 1879

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797 syn Chiton tulipa

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulvinatus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rhynchotus (de Rochebrune, 1884)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis (Is. Taki, 1938)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) whitleyi (Iredale & Hull, 1932)

Chiton (Thappy) (Tommy & Bailey, 2015)

Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)

Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989

Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)

Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus (Kaas, 1991)

References

Chiton (genus) Wikipedia

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