Chiton (genus)

Chiton Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent[citation needed] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chiton glaucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Chitonidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.

Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.

Taxonomy[]

The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:^[1]

• Subgenus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
  • Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
  • King & Broderip, 1831
  • E. A. Smith, 1904
  • Thiele, 1909
  • Frembly, 1827
  • Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828
  • Leloup, 1937
  • Chiton (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827 (nomen nudum)
  • Kaas, 1979
  • (Leloup, 1981)
  • Kaas, 1986
  • Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Gmelin, 1791
  • Pilsbry, 1893
  • Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
  • Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
  • Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 – West Indian green chiton
  • Sowerby, 1840
  • Spengler, 1797
• Subgenus (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
  • Carpenter in Angas, 1867
  • (Hull, 1923)
  • Torr & Ashby, 1898
• Subgenus (Thiele, 1893)
  • Issel, 1869
  • (Bullock, 1989)
  • Ashby, 1931
  • Pilsbry, 1895
  • Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
  • Pilsbry, 1894
  • d'Orbigny, 1839
  • (Risso, 1826)
  • Hedley & Hull, 1912
  • Pilsbry, 1894
  • Sykes, 1899
  • Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
  • (Iredale & May, 1916)
  • Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
  • (de Rochebrune, 1884)
  • (Iredale, 1914)
  • Bednall, 1897
  • Bullock, 1972
  • Hedley & Hull, 1912
  • (Pilsbry, 1893)
  • Gould, 1846
  • Ashby, 1928
  • Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
  • (Burghardt, 1973)
  • Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
  • Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
  • Maughan, 1900
  • Thiele, 1909
  • Carpenter, 1865
  • di Monterosato, 1879
  • Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
  • Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
  • Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
  • (de Rochebrune, 1884)
  • Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972
  • Nierstrasz, 1905
  • Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
  • (Is. Taki, 1938)
  • Hedley & Hull, 1910
  • Hedley & Hull, 1909
  • Pilsbry, 1894
  • Hedley & Hull, 1909
  • (Iredale & Hull, 1932)
• Subgenus (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
  • Kaas, 1989
  • (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)
  • (Kaas, 1991)

Synonyms:

• Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987: Synonym of (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 Iredale, 1914
• Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847: Synonym of (Reeve, 1847)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bullocki (Sirenko, 2012): Synonym of Sirenko, 2012
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929: Synonym of (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903): Synonym of (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842: Synonym of (Sowerby, 1842)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
• Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923): Synonym of 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[]

• "Chiton". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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