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

Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ToniciaGray, 1840accepted genus name

Species group names

Chiton chilensis Frembly, 1827 synonym
Tonicia atrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Chilean chiton sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Anmutiger Chiton

Literature

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827). 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:386329

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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

2023-02-19 by Bruce Marshall

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