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

Ischnochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ischnochiton (Haploplax)*	Pilsbry, 1894	synonym
*Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Children

Ischnochiton cessaci (Rochebrune, 1881)
Ischnochiton luquei Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024
Ischnochiton obtusus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
Ischnochiton rissoi (Payraudeau, 1826)
Ischnochiton tsekosi Koukouras & Karachle, 2005
Ischnochiton usticensis Dell'Angelo & Castriota, 1999

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1847). Additional observations on Chitones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15 (178): 126-127.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
subsequent type designation	Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ischnochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. 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:138088