Ischnochiton

Taxobox
name = "Ischnochiton"
status =


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regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Metazoa
branch = Bilateria
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Neoloricata
subordo = Ischnochitonina
familia = Ischnochitonidae
genus = "Ischnochiton"
genus_authority = gray, 1847
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Ischnochiton" is a genus of chitons in the family Ischnochitonidae. They are - chitons, with the girdle scales minute. The tail valve is much the longest, and has a well developed mucro, a projection that separates the anterior and posterior areas. The are found in most warm to cool temperate seas. They are found from the Eocene era onwards.

pecies

* "Ischnochiton abyssicola"
* "Ischnochiton alascensis" Thiele, 1910
* "Ischnochiton albus" (Linnaeus, 1767)
* "Ischnochiton circumvallatus" (Reeve, 1847)
* "Ischnochiton dilatosculptus" Kaas, 1982
* "Ischnochiton erythronotus" (C. B. Adams, 1845) - multihued chiton
* "Ischnochiton exaratus" (G. O. Sars, 1878)
* "Ischnochiton floridanus"
* "Ischnochiton granulifer" Thiele, 1909
* "Ischnochiton hartmeyeri" Thiele, 1910 - multiringed chiton
* "Ischnochiton lividus"
* "Ischnochiton luteoroseus" Suter, 1907
* "Ischnochiton maorianus" Iredale, 1914
* "Ischnochiton mawsoni" Cotton, 1937
* "Ischnochiton newcombi" Pilsbry, 1892
* "Ischnochiton niveus" Ferreira, 1987
* "Ischnochiton papillosus" (C. B. Adams, 1845)
* "Ischnochiton pectinatus"
* "Ischnochiton pseudovirgatus" Kaas, 1972 - blue-spot chiton
* "Ischnochiton purpurascens"
* "Ischnochiton pusio" (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod., 1832)
* "Ischnochiton retiporosus"
* "Ischnochiton ritteri"
* "Ischnochiton ruber"
* "Ischnochiton scrobiculatus" (Middendorff, 1847)
* "Ischnochiton striolatus" (J. E. Gray, 1828)

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1