Biology:Leptochiton (chiton)

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Leptochiton
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent[1]
Leptochiton asellus.jpg
Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification e
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. 1.0 1.1 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
  4. * Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN:978-1877257-60-5

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2031925 entry