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

Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Leptochitoninae Dall, 1889 synonym

Children

Belknapchiton Sirenko, Saito & Schwabe, 2022
Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826
Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
Parachiton Thiele, 1909

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: pissebedkeverslakken sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 Japanese: サメハダヒザラガイ科

Literature

original description

Dall, W. H. (1889). A preliminary catalogue of shell-bearing marine mollusks and brachiopods of the south-eastern coast of the United States, with illustrations of many of the species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 37: 1–221, 74 pls.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889. 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:59

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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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2024-08-09 by Philippe Bouchet

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