Chiton (genus) explained
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:[2]
- Subgenus Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758
- Chiton (Chiton) albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
- Chiton (Chiton) articulatus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- Chiton (Chiton) bowenii King & Broderip, 1831
- Chiton (Chiton) ceylanicus E. A. Smith, 1904
- Chiton (Chiton) connectens Thiele, 1909
- Chiton (Chiton) cumingsii Frembly, 1827
- Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828
- Chiton (Chiton) granoradiatus Leloup, 1937
- Chiton (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827 (nomen nudum)
- Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979
- Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
- Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
- Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
- Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
- Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
- Chiton (Chiton) stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 – West Indian green chiton
- Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus Sowerby, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) viridis Spengler, 1797
- Subgenus Chiton (Mucrosquama) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor (Hull, 1923)
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898
- Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Thiele, 1893)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi Ashby, 1931
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli Pilsbry, 1895
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) burmanus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus (Iredale & May, 1916)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus Maughan, 1900
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus Thiele, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) perviridis Carpenter, 1865
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) phaseolinus di Monterosato, 1879
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulvinatus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rhynchotus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis (Is. Taki, 1938)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) whitleyi (Iredale & Hull, 1932)
- Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus (Kaas, 1991)
Synonyms:
- Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987: Synonym of Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
- Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914): Synonym of Sypharochiton themeropis Iredale, 1914
- Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bullocki (Sirenko, 2012): Synonym of Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929: Synonym of Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903): Synonym of Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842: Synonym of Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1842)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923): Synonym of Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
- Chiton laevigatus Flemming, 1828: Synonym of Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Chiton striatus Barnes, 1824: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
- Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
External links
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
- 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
- Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Chiton Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137779 on 2022-08-23
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Chiton accessed 7 April 2010
