Biology:Tonicella

Short description: Genus of molluscs

Tonicella
Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Tonicellidae
Genus:	Tonicella Carpenter, 1873
Type species
Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780
Species
See text.

Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.

The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).

Species

Species within the genus Tonicella include:

• Tonicella insignis
• Tonicella lineata
• Tonicella lokii
• Tonicella marmorea
• Tonicella rubra
• Tonicella sitkensis
• Tonicella submarmorea
• Tonicella undocaerulea
• Tonicella venusta

References

• Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. The Festivus. 41 (6): 53–100, errata.

External links

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Wikidata ☰ Q2783115 entry