Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Chitonina > Superfamily Chitonoidea > Family Ischnochitonidae

Connexochiton Kaas, 1979

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Bathychiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1988 synonym

Children

Connexochiton platynomenus Kaas, 1979

Literature

original description

Kaas, P. (1979). On a collection of Polyplacophora from the bay of Biscay. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (section A Zoologie). 4(1): 13-31.

basis of record

Sirenko, B. (2021). Composition of the genus Connexochiton Kaas, 1979 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae). Zootaxa. 4950(1): 83-102.

additional source

Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Connexochiton Kaas, 1979. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138087

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-07-28 by Philippe Bouchet

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