Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina
Familia: Chitonidae
Genus: Chiton
Species (82): C. aereus – C. affinis – C. albolineatus – C. aorangi – C. articulatus – C. baliensis – C. barnardi – C. bednalli – C. boucheti – C. bowenii – C. burmanus – C. calliozonus – C. canaliculatus – C. canariensis – C. carnosus – C. ceylanicus – C. connectens – C. corallinus – C. corypheus – C. coxi – C. crawfordi – C. cumingsii – C. densiliratus – C. diaphorus – C. discolor – C. ectypus – C. exasperatus – C. exoptandus – C. fosteri – C. funereus – C. glaucus – C. granoradiatus – C. granosus – C. groschi – C. heterodon – C. hululensis – C. jugosus – C. kaasi – C. kimberi – C. komaianus – C. kurodai – C. laterorugosus – C. latricus – C. linsleyi – C. lyratus – C. magnificus – C. maldivensis – C. marmoratus – C. marquesanus – C. mauritianus – C. olivaceus – C. oruktus – C. particolor – C. pelliserpentis – C. peregrinus – C. perviridis – C. phaseolinus – C. politus – C. pulcherrimus – C. pulchrus – C. pulvinatus – C. rapaitiensis – C. rhynchotus – C. salihafui – C. speciosus – C. squamosus – C. stangeri – C. stokesii – C. subassimilis – C. tectiformis – C. themeropis – C. torri – C. torrianus – C. translucens – C. tricostalis – C. tuberculatus – C. vauclusensis – C. venustus – C. verconis – C. virgulatus – C. viridis – C. whitleyi
[source: WoRMS]
+ C. elegans
Name
Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Sclerochiton
?Sypharochiton
?Triboplax
Species names in synonymy
Chiton chilensis Frembly, 1827 = Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)
Chiton elegans Frembly, 1827, non Blainville, 1825 = Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)
Chiton grayii G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 = Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)
Chiton lineolatus Frembly, 1827 = Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Links
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chiton – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Chiton – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Chiton – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Chiton – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Chiton - Taxon details on iNaturalist.
Chiton – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
Chiton – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chiton – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Chiton – Taxon details on New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR).
Chiton in the World Register of Marine Species
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:[2]
Subgenus Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758
Chiton (Chiton) albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Chiton (Chiton) articulatus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
Chiton (Chiton) bowenii King & Broderip, 1831
Chiton (Chiton) ceylanicus E. A. Smith, 1904
Chiton (Chiton) connectens Thiele, 1909
Chiton (Chiton) cumingsii Frembly, 1827
Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828
Chiton (Chiton) granoradiatus Leloup, 1937
Chiton (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827 (nomen nudum)
Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979
Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
Chiton (Chiton) stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 – West Indian green chiton
Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus Sowerby, 1840
Chiton (Chiton) viridis Spengler, 1797
Subgenus Chiton (Mucrosquama) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867
Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor (Hull, 1923)
Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898
Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Thiele, 1893)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi Ashby, 1931
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli Pilsbry, 1895
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) burmanus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi Pilsbry, 1894
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus (Iredale & May, 1916)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus Maughan, 1900
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus Thiele, 1909
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) perviridis Carpenter, 1865
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) phaseolinus di Monterosato, 1879
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulvinatus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rhynchotus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis (Is. Taki, 1938)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) whitleyi (Iredale & Hull, 1932)
Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989
Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)
Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus (Kaas, 1991)
Synonyms:
Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987: Synonym of Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1840
Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914): Synonym of Sypharochiton themeropis Iredale, 1914
Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bullocki (Sirenko, 2012): Synonym of Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929: Synonym of Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903): Synonym of Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842: Synonym of Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1842)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923): Synonym of Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
Chiton laevigatus Flemming, 1828: Synonym of Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Chiton striatus Barnes, 1824: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Chiton Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137779 on 2022-08-23
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Chiton accessed 7 April 2010
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