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Onithochiton

Onithochiton is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae, which is distributed from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa.

Species

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Onithochiton astrolabei <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton caliginosus <small>Pilsbry, 1893</small>: synonym of Liolophura japonica <small>(Lischke, 1873)</small>
  • Onithochiton decipiens <small>Rochebrune, 1882</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton filholi <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton isipingoensis <small>Sykes, 1901</small>: synonym of Craspedochiton isipingoensis <small>(Sykes, 1901)</small> (original combination)
  • Onithochiton lyelli <small>G.B. Sowerby I, 1832</small>: synonym of Onithochiton maillardi <small>(Deshayes, 1863)</small> (misinterpretation according to Kaas et al. 2006)
  • Onithochiton margaritiferum <small>Rochebrune, 1883</small>: synonym of Calloplax janeirensis <small>(Gray, 1828)</small>: synonym of Rhyssoplax janeirensis <small>(Gray, 1828)</small>
  • Onithochiton marmoratus <small>Wissel, 1904</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton nodosus <small>Suter, 1907</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton opiniosus <small>Iredale & Hull, 1932</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton pruinosum <small>Rochebrune, 1884</small>: synonym of Stenoplax purpurascens <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small>
  • Onithochiton rugulosus <small>Angas, 1867</small>: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus <small>(Gould, 1846)</small>
  • Onithochiton scholvieni <small>Thiele, 1909</small>: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus <small>(Gould, 1846)</small>
  • Onithochiton semisculptus <small>Pilsbry, 1893</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton undulatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)</small>: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>
  • Onithochiton wahlbergi <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>: synonym of Onithochiton literatus <small>(F. Krauss, 1848)</small>

References

  • Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp
  • O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 141-154.
  • Discover Life
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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