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

Connexochiton platynomenus Kaas, 1979

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Connexochiton*	Kaas, 1979	accepted genus name
*Bathychiton*	Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1988	synonym

Species group names

*Bathychiton biondii*	Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1988	synonym

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	Dell'Angelo, B.; Palazzi, S. (1994). Prima segnalazione di Connexochiton platynomenus Kaas, nel Pleistocene calabro. Bollettino Malacologico. 29 (9-12): 233-236.
basis of record	Sirenko, B. (2021). Composition of the genus Connexochiton Kaas, 1979 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae). Zootaxa. 4950(1): 83-102.
additional source	Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Connexochiton platynomenus 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:140134