Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Tonicellidae > Subfamily Tonicellinae

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidochiton*	J. E. Gray, 1821	orthographic variant
*Beanella*	Dall, 1882	synonym
*Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona)*	J. E. Gray, 1821	synonym; alternate representation
*Middendorffia*	P. P. Carpenter, 1882	synonym
*Trachydermon*	P. P. Carpenter, 1864	synonym

Children

Lepidochitona canariensis (Thiele, 1909)
Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lepidochitona furtiva (Monterosato, 1879)
Lepidochitona iberica Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
Lepidochitona kaasi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. García, 2000
Lepidochitona monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
Lepidochitona piceola (Shuttleworth, 1853)
Lepidochitona severianoi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. García, 2000
Lepidochitona simrothi (Thiele, 1902)
Lepidochitona stroemfelti (Bergenhayn, 1931)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239.
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.
taxonomy source	Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138089