Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.
Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period, but there are also extant species.
Distribution
Worldwide.
Species
- Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015
- Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species
- Leptochiton bergenhayni <small>Saito, 2011</small>
- Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
- Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
- Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
- Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
- Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
- Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
- Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990
- Leptochiton macleani Sirenko, 2015
- Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
- Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
- Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
- Leptochiton mutschkeae Sirenko, 2015
- Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
- Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
- Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
- Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
- Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
- Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
- Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
- Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
- Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
- Leptochiton taiwanensis Sirenko, 2018
- Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
- Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
- and many more
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