Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae,[1] and Lepidochitonidae.[2]

Lepidochitona
Lepidochitona cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Lepidochitona
Gray, 1821
Species

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L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran.[3]

There are many fossil species in the genus, as well as species extant today.[4]

Species include:[2]

  • Lepidochitona aleutica
  • Lepidochitona bullocki
  • Lepidochitona caboverdensis
  • Lepidochitona canariensis
  • Lepidochitona caprearum
  • Lepidochitona cinerea
  • Lepidochitona dicksae
  • Lepidochitona furtiva
  • Lepidochitona iberica
  • Lepidochitona kaasi
  • Lepidochitona liozonis
  • Lepidochitona monterosatoi
  • Lepidochitona piceola
  • Lepidochitona rolani
  • Lepidochitona rosea
  • Lepidochitona rufoi
  • Lepidochitona salvadorensis
  • Lepidochitona severianoi
  • Lepidochitona simrothi
  • Lepidochitona stroemfelti
  • Lepidochitona subaleutica
  • Lepidochitona turtoni

References

  1. Petraccioli, A., et al. (2012). Chromosomes of Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonina, Tonicellidae) provide insights into Acanthochitonina karyological evolution. Comparative Cytogenetics 6(4), 397-407.
  2. Schwabe, E., et al. (2014). Lepidochitona. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). ISBN 9789004074149.
  4. Dell'Angelo, B., et al. (2011). Chitons (Polyplacophora) from Paleogene strata in western Washington State, USA. Journal of Paleontology 85(5), 936-54.


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