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

Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptochiton*	J. E. Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Chiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Leptochiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Beanella rissoi*	Thiele, 1893	synonym
*Chiton cinereus var. alba*	G. Seguenza, 1874	synonym
*Lepidopleurus granoliratus*	P. P. Carpenter, 1892	synonym
*Lepidopleurus maguntiacus*	Rochebrune, 1883	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Van Belle, R. A. (1983-1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. Vita Marina. Jan.-Mrt: 9-132.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Van Dingenen, F.; Ceulemans, L. (2018). The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa. 4447(1): 1-62.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859). 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:140196