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

Tonicia Gray, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp.
basis of record	Pilsbry, H. A. (1898). Notes on a few chitons. The Nautilus. 12(5): 50-51.
additional source	Ibáñez, C. M., Eernisse, D. J., Méndez, M. A., Valladares, M., Sellanes, J., Sirenko, B. I. & Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C. (2019). Phylogeny, divergence times and species delimitation of Tonicia (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186: 915-933.
additional source	Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonicia Gray, 1840. 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:206414