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Leptochiton Gray 1847

Leptochiton (chiton)

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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

^ ^a ^b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
^ * 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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Leptochiton (chiton): Brief Summary

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Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period, but there are also extant species.

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