Leptochiton (chiton)

Leptochiton
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent[1]
Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Polyplacophora
Family:Leptochitonidae
Subfamily:Leptochitoninae
Genus:Leptochiton
Gray, 1847

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.[2]

Species

  • Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015[2]
  • Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species[2]
  • Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)[3]
  • Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)[2]
  • Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010[2]
  • and many more

References

  1. 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑
    • 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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