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

Leptochiton Gray, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton)*		synonym
*Leptochiton (Leptochiton)*		synonym

Children

Leptochiton aequispinus (Bergenhayn, 1933)
Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859)
Leptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846)
Leptochiton arcticus (Sars G. O., 1878)
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
Leptochiton bedullii Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1986
Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878
Leptochiton boettgeri Sulc, 1934
Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840)
Leptochiton cimicoides (di Monterosato, 1879)
Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999
Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
Leptochiton intermedius (von Salvini-Plawen, 1968)
Leptochiton japonicus (Thiele, 1909)
Leptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979
Leptochiton odhneri (Bergenhayn, 1931)
Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zavilde, Urgorri & 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 Zavilde, Urgorri & García, 2004
Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.

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Citation

Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2014). Leptochiton. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138117