Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona
Lepidochitona cinerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Neoloricata
Order: Chitonida
Family: Tonicellidae
Genus: Lepidochitona
Gray, 1821
Type species
Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Beanella Dall, 1882
  • Craspedochilus G.O. Sars, 1878
  • Ischnochiton (Trachydermon) Carpenter, 1864
  • Lepidochiton Gray, 1821 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) Gray, 1821 · alternate representation
  • Lepidochitona (Middendorffia) Carpenter in Dall, 1882
  • Lepidochitona (Spongioradsia) Pilsbry, 1894 · alternate representation
  • Middendorffia Carpenter, 1882
  • Trachydermon Carpenter, 1864
  • Trachydermon (Craspedochilus) G. O. Sars, 1878 · alternate representation
  • Trachydermon (Trachyradsia) Carpenter, 1878 · alternate representation

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

L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran.

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

Species include:

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. 1 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). BRILL. 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.