''Leptochiton'' is a genus of
polyplacophoran
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora ( ), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known as sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells or suck ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s.
[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]
Some ''Leptochiton'' species became extinct during the
Pliocene
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species.
Distribution
Worldwide.
Species
* ''
Leptochiton antarcticus'' Sirenko, 2015
[Sirenko B.I. (2015). "''Leptochiton antarcticus'' (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". ''Ruthenica'' 25(4): 139-145]
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* ''
Leptochiton asellus'' (Gmelin, 1791) - type species
* ''
Leptochiton bergenhayni''
Saito, 2011
* ''
Leptochiton beui'' Sirenko, 2020
* ''
Leptochiton inquinatus'' (Reeve, 1847)
[* Cook, Steve De C., ''New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1'', Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ]
* ''
Leptochiton kerguelensis'' (Haddon, 1886)
* ''
Leptochiton laurae'' Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
* ''
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
External links
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
Chiton genera
Jurassic first appearances
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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