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 (Chiton) <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) albolineatus <small>Broderip & Sowerby, 1829</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) articulatus <small>Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) bowenii <small>King & Broderip, 1831</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) ceylanicus <small>E. A. Smith, 1904</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) connectens <small>Thiele, 1909</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) cumingsii <small>Frembly, 1827</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) glaucus <small>Gray, 1828</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) granoradiatus <small>Leloup, 1937</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) granosus <small>Frembly, 1827</small> (nomen nudum)
- Chiton (Chiton) groschi <small>Kaas, 1979</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) kaasi <small>(Leloup, 1981)</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus <small>Kaas, 1986</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) magnificus <small>(Deshayes, 1844)</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus <small>Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) squamosus <small>Linnaeus, 1764</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) stokesii <small>Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> â West Indian green chiton
- Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus <small>Sowerby, 1840</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) viridis <small>Spengler, 1797</small>
- Subgenus Chiton (Mucrosquama) <small>(Iredale & Hull, 1926)</small>
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus <small>Carpenter in Angas, 1867</small>
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor <small>(Hull, 1923)</small>
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis <small>Torr & Ashby, 1898</small>
- Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) <small>(Thiele, 1893)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis <small>Issel, 1869</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis <small>(Bullock, 1989)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi <small>Ashby, 1931</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli <small>Pilsbry, 1895</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) burmanus <small>Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus <small>Pilsbry, 1894</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis <small>d'Orbigny, 1839</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus <small>(Risso, 1826)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus <small>Hedley & Hull, 1912</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi <small>Pilsbry, 1894</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi <small>Sykes, 1899</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus <small>Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus <small>(Iredale & May, 1916)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor <small>Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus <small>(de Rochebrune, 1884)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus <small>(Iredale, 1914)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus <small>Bednall, 1897</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri <small>Bullock, 1972</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus <small>Hedley & Hull, 1912</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon <small>(Pilsbry, 1893)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus <small>Gould, 1846</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi <small>Ashby, 1928</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai <small>Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi <small>(Burghardt, 1973)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1835</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus <small>Spengler, 1797</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus <small>Maughan, 1900</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus <small>Thiele, 1909</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) perviridis <small>Carpenter, 1865</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) phaseolinus <small>di Monterosato, 1879</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus <small>Spengler, 1797</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulvinatus <small>Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis <small>Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rhynchotus <small>(de Rochebrune, 1884)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui <small>Bullock, 1972</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus <small>Nierstrasz, 1905</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis <small>Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis <small>(Is. Taki, 1938)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus <small>Hedley & Hull, 1910</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens <small>Hedley & Hull, 1909</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis <small>Pilsbry, 1894</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis <small>Hedley & Hull, 1909</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) whitleyi <small>(Iredale & Hull, 1932)</small>
- Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) <small>(Iredale & Hull, 1926)</small>
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti <small>Kaas, 1989</small>
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis <small>(Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)</small>
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus <small>(Kaas, 1991)</small>
Synonyms:
- Chiton (Chiton) aorangi <small>Creese & O'Neill, 1987</small>: Synonym of Sypharochiton aorangi <small>(Creese & O'Neill, 1987)</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) lyratus <small>Sowerby, 1840</small>: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis <small>d'Orbigny, 1840</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1835</small>: Synonym of Sypharochiton pelliserpentis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) themeropis <small>(Iredale, 1914)</small>: Synonym of Sypharochiton themeropis <small>Iredale, 1914</small>
- Chiton (Chiton) torri <small>Suter, 1907</small>: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri <small>(Suter, 1907)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus <small>Reeve, 1847</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax aerea <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bullocki <small>(Sirenko, 2012)</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax bullocki <small>Sirenko, 2012</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1835</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus <small>Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax komaiana <small>(Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1903)</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax maldivensis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1903)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus <small>Sowerby, 1842</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax pulcherrima <small>(Sowerby, 1842)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri <small>Reeve, 1847</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus <small>(Hull, 1923)</small>: Synonym of Rhyssoplax venusta <small>Hull, 1923</small>
- Chiton laevigatus <small>Flemming, 1828</small>: Synonym of Tonicella marmorea <small>(O. Fabricius, 1780)</small>
- Chiton striatus <small>Barnes, 1824</small>: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus <small>Spengler, 1797</small>
- Chiton tulipa <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1835</small>: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus <small>Spengler, 1797</small>
References
External links
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
- Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979