Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Leptochitonidae

Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Leptochiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859)
Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
Leptochiton bedullii Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1986
Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879)
Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999
Leptochiton freiwaldi Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024
Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
Leptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979
Leptochiton luridus (Dall, 1902)
Leptochiton odhneri (Bergenhayn, 1931)
Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
Leptochiton sarsi Kaas, 1981
Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880)
Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
Leptochiton thalattius Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
Leptochiton troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Russian: Лептохитон

Literature

original description	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].
basis of record	Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. Zootaxa. 4033 (2): 151-202.
additional source	Sigwart J.D. & Sirenko B.I. (2012) Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species. Zootaxa 3195: 1-38. [16 February 2012]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton 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:138117