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Chiton (genus)

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Chiton
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent[citation needed]
Chiton glaucus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Chitoninae
Genus: Chiton
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Chiton tuberculatus
Species

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Synonyms
  • Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
  • Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternate representation
  • Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791
  • Chiton (Sclerochiton) Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera))
  • Oscabrion Herrmannsen, 1847 (refers to Oscabrion Petiver, 1702)
  • Sclerochiton Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera) )

Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.[1]

Taxonomy

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The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:[2]

Synonyms:

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Chiton accessed 7 April 2010
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