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: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Tonicella
Species: T. blaneyi – T. granulata – T. insignis – T. lineata – T. lokii – T. marmorea – †T. redoniensis – T. rubra – T. sitchensis – T. solidior – T. squamigera – T. undocaerulea – T. venusta – T. zotini – T. zschaui
References
Dell’Angelo, B., Landau, B.M., Van Dingenen, F. & Ceulemans, L. 2018. The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa 4447(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4447.1.1 Paywall Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Lined Chitons
Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.[1]
The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).[2]
Species
Species within the genus Tonicella include:
Tonicella insignis
Tonicella lineata
Tonicella lokii
Tonicella marmorea
Tonicella rubra
Tonicella sitkensis
Tonicella submarmorea
Tonicella undocaerulea
Tonicella venusta
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicella Carpenter, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138090 on 2022-06-22
AFSC/RACE – Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata
Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. The Festivus. 41 (6): 53–100, errata.
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