Chiton (genus)
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:
- Subgenus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
- * Chiton albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
- * Chiton articulatus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- * Chiton bowenii King & Broderip, 1831
- * Chiton ceylanicus E. A. Smith, 1904
- * Chiton connectens Thiele, 1909
- * Chiton cumingsii Frembly, 1827
- * Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
- * Chiton granoradiatus Leloup, 1937
- * Chiton granosus Frembly, 1827
- * Chiton groschi Kaas, 1979
- * Chiton kaasi
- * Chiton laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
- * Chiton magnificus
- * Chiton marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
- * Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
- * Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
- * Chiton stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- * Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 – West Indian green chiton
- * Chiton virgulatus Sowerby, 1840
- * Chiton viridis Spengler, 1797
- Subgenus Chiton
- * Chiton carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867
- * Chiton particolor
- * Chiton verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898
- Subgenus Chiton
- * Chiton affinis Issel, 1869
- * Chiton baliensis
- * Chiton barnardi Ashby, 1931
- * Chiton bednalli Pilsbry, 1895
- * Chiton burmanus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- * Chiton calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894
- * Chiton canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
- * Chiton corallinus
- * Chiton corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- * Chiton coxi Pilsbry, 1894
- * Chiton crawfordi Sykes, 1899
- * Chiton densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- * Chiton diaphorus
- * Chiton discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- * Chiton ectypus
- * Chiton exasperatus
- * Chiton exoptandus Bednall, 1897
- * Chiton fosteri Bullock, 1972
- * Chiton funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- * Chiton heterodon
- * Chiton jugosus Gould, 1846
- * Chiton kimberi Ashby, 1928
- * Chiton kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
- * Chiton linsleyi
- * Chiton mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- * Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797
- * Chiton oruktus Maughan, 1900
- * Chiton peregrinus Thiele, 1909
- * Chiton perviridis Carpenter, 1865
- * Chiton phaseolinus di Monterosato, 1879
- * Chiton politus Spengler, 1797
- * Chiton pulvinatus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- * Chiton rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
- * Chiton rhynchotus
- * Chiton salihafui Bullock, 1972
- * Chiton speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905
- * Chiton subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- * Chiton tectiformis
- * Chiton torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910
- * Chiton translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909
- * Chiton tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894
- * Chiton vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909
- * Chiton whitleyi
- Subgenus Chiton
- * Chiton boucheti Kaas, 1989
- * Chiton hululensis
- * Chiton pulchrus
Synonyms:
- Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987: Synonym of Sypharochiton aorangi
- Chiton lyratus Sowerby, 1840: Synonym of Chiton canariensis d'Orbigny, 1840
- Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
- Chiton themeropis : Synonym of Sypharochiton themeropis Iredale, 1914
- Chiton torri Suter, 1907: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri
- Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax aerea
- Chiton bullocki : Synonym of Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
- Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata
- Chiton komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929: Synonym of Rhyssoplax komaiana
- Chiton maldivensis : Synonym of Rhyssoplax maldivensis
- Chiton pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842: Synonym of Rhyssoplax pulcherrima
- Chiton stangeri Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri
- Chiton venustus : Synonym of Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
- Chiton laevigatus Flemming, 1828: Synonym of Tonicella marmorea
- Chiton striatus Barnes, 1824: Synonym of Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797
- Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Chiton politus'' Spengler, 1797
