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Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

138117  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138117)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Lepidopleurida (Order)
  7. Lepidopleurina (Suborder)
  8. Leptochitonidae (Family)
  9. Leptochiton (Genus)
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Genus
Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation (no subgenera recognized in genus)
Leptochiton (Pilsbryella) Nierstrasz, 1905 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Leptochiton alascensis (Thiele, 1909)
  2. Species Leptochiton albemarlensis A. G. Smith & A. J. Ferreira, 1977
  3. Species Leptochiton algesirensis (Capellini, 1859)
  4. Species Leptochiton americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  5. Species Leptochiton amsterdamensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
  6. Species Leptochiton angustidens Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  7. Species Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015
  8. Species Leptochiton antondohrni Taviani, Sosso & Dell'Angelo, 2023 †
  9. Species Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
  10. Species Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
  11. Species Leptochiton assimilis (Thiele, 1909)
  12. Species Leptochiton aturriensis Dell'Angelo, Lesport, Cluzaud & Sosso, 2018 †
  13. Species Leptochiton badius (Hedley & Hull, 1909)
  14. Species Leptochiton batialis Sirenko, 1978
  15. Species Leptochiton bednalli (Torr, 1912)
  16. Species Leptochiton bedullii Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1986
  17. Species Leptochiton benthedi (Leloup, 1981)
  18. Species Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
  19. Species Leptochiton binghami (Boone, 1928)
  20. Species Leptochiton blikshteyni Sirenko, 2019
  21. Species Leptochiton boettgeri (Šulc, 1934) †
  22. Species Leptochiton boucheti Sirenko, 2001
  23. Species Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
  24. Species Leptochiton cancelloides Kaas, 1982
  25. Species Leptochiton cascadiensis Sigwart & C. Chen, 2017
  26. Species Leptochiton chariessa (Barnard, 1963)
  27. Species Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879)
  28. Species Leptochiton clarki S. S. Berry, 1922 †
  29. Species Leptochiton clifdenensis (Ashby, 1929) †
  30. Species Leptochiton collusor (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  31. Species Leptochiton columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)
  32. Species Leptochiton commandorensis Sirenko, 2017
  33. Species Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999
  34. Species Leptochiton consimilis Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  35. Species Leptochiton darioi (Righi, 1973)
  36. Species Leptochiton deforgesi Sirenko, 2001
  37. Species Leptochiton denhartogi Strack, 2003
  38. Species Leptochiton dispersus Kaas, 1985
  39. Species Leptochiton dykei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  40. Species Leptochiton fairchildi (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
  41. Species Leptochiton faxensis Sigwart, Andersen & Schnetler, 2007 †
  42. Species Leptochiton ferreirai Sirenko & Sellanes, 2016
  43. Species Leptochiton finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
  44. Species Leptochiton fischeri (de Rochebrune, 1883) †
  45. Species Leptochiton foresti (Leloup, 1981)
  46. Species Leptochiton fuliginatus (Reeve, 1847)
  47. Species Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  48. Species Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  49. Species Leptochiton gloriosus Kaas, 1985
  50. Species Leptochiton gowlettholmesae Sirenko, 2023
  51. Species Leptochiton guadelupei Sirenko, 2018
  52. Species Leptochiton habei Saito, 1997
  53. Species Leptochiton hakodatensis (Thiele, 1909)
  54. Species Leptochiton hirasei (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
  55. Species Leptochiton hiriensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
  56. Species Leptochiton hodgsoni (Sirenko, 2000)
  57. Species Leptochiton ibanezi Sirenko & Sellanes, 2016
  58. Species Leptochiton incongruus (Dall, 1908)
  59. Species Leptochiton incubatus Sirenko, 2017
  60. Species Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
  61. Species Leptochiton josei Dell'Angelo, Sosso, Prudenza & Bonfitto, 2013 †
  62. Species Leptochiton juvenis (Leloup, 1981)
  63. Species Leptochiton kantori Sirenko, 2016
  64. Species Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
  65. Species Leptochiton kurnilatus Kaas, 1985
  66. Species Leptochiton lascrusesi Sirenko, 2015
  67. Species Leptochiton lateropustulosus Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  68. Species Leptochiton latidens (Bergenhayn, 1933)
  69. Species Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
  70. Species Leptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979
  71. Species Leptochiton lignatilis Dell'Angelo, Bertolaso & Sosso, 2015 †
  72. Species Leptochiton linseae Sirenko, 2015
  73. Species Leptochiton liratellus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  74. Species Leptochiton liratus (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  75. Species Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
  76. Species Leptochiton longigranum Sirenko, 2020
  77. Species Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  78. Species Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
  79. Species Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990
  80. Species Leptochiton luridus (Dall, 1902)
  81. Species Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
  82. Species Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
  83. Species Leptochiton matthewsianus (Bednall, 1906)
  84. Species Leptochiton medinae (Plate, 1899)
  85. Species Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985
  86. Species Leptochiton micropustulosus Kaas, 1994
  87. Species Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
  88. Species Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
  89. Species Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
  90. Species Leptochiton nexus P. P. Carpenter, 1864
  91. Species Leptochiton nierstraszi (Leloup, 1981)
  92. Species Leptochiton odhneri (Bergenhayn, 1931)
  93. Species Leptochiton otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
  94. Species Leptochiton parvus Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  95. Species Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  96. Species Leptochiton pergranatus Dall, 1889
  97. Species Leptochiton permodestus Kaas, 1985
  98. Species Leptochiton perscitus Kaas, 1991
  99. Species Leptochiton persianus Sirenko, 2022
  100. Species Leptochiton peruvianus Sirenko, 2015
  101. Species Leptochiton poirieri (Rochebrune, 1882) †
  102. Species Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
  103. Species Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
  104. Species Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
  105. Species Leptochiton renauleauensis Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  106. Species Leptochiton rissoi (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  107. Species Leptochiton rogeri Sigwart & Sirenko, 2015
  108. Species Leptochiton rugatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1892)
  109. Species Leptochiton saitoi Sirenko, 2001
  110. Species Leptochiton samadiae Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  111. Species Leptochiton sanmatiensis Güller, Liuzzi & Zelaya, 2015
  112. Species Leptochiton sarsi Kaas, 1981
  113. Species Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880)
  114. Species Leptochiton schwabei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  115. Species Leptochiton setiger (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  116. Species Leptochiton smirnovi Sirenko, 2016
  117. Species Leptochiton sperandus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  118. Species Leptochiton spiniferus Sirenko, 2020
  119. Species Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
  120. Species Leptochiton subrugatus Sirenko & Sigwart, 2021
  121. Species Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
  122. Species Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  123. Species Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
  124. Species Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
  125. Species Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
  126. Species Leptochiton terryiverseni Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018 †
  127. Species Leptochiton thalattius Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  128. Species Leptochiton thandari Sirenko, 2001
  129. Species Leptochiton torishimensis (S.-K. Wu & Okutani, 1984)
  130. Species Leptochiton troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  131. Species Leptochiton uhligi (Koenen, 1892) †
  132. Species Leptochiton vanbellei Sirenko, 2001
  133. Species Leptochiton vanuatuensis Sirenko, 2016
  134. Species Leptochiton vaubani Kaas, 1991
  135. Species Leptochiton vietnamensis Sirenko, 1998
  136. Species Leptochiton vitjazae (Sirenko, 1977)
  137. Species Leptochiton wui Sirenko, 2018
  138. Species Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
  139. Species Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) accepted as Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)
  140. Species Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  141. Species Leptochiton srameki (Šulc, 1934) † accepted as Leptochiton boettgeri (Šulc, 1934) † (subjective synonym)
  142. Subgenus Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (no subgenera recognized in genus)
    1. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) chariessa (Barnard, 1963) represented as Leptochiton chariessa (Barnard, 1963)
    2. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) dispersus Kaas, 1985 represented as Leptochiton dispersus Kaas, 1985 (basionym)
    3. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) meiringae Kaas, 1985 represented as Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985 (basionym)
    4. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004 represented as Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
    5. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) permodestus Kaas, 1985 represented as Leptochiton permodestus Kaas, 1985
    6. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) represented as Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  143. Subgenus Leptochiton (Pilsbryella) Nierstrasz, 1905 represented as Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Species Leptochiton (Pilsbryella) setiger (Nierstrasz, 1905) represented as Leptochiton setiger (Nierstrasz, 1905)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 127, 168 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2024-05-16
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2024-05-16
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2009-04-01 07:44:25Z
checked
Schwabe, Enrico
2015-05-17 18:10:35Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-07-26 05:16:55Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-29 22:10:36Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2023-10-04 16:39:55Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 127, 168 [details]   

original description  (of ) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

basis of record Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033 (2): 151-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Sigwart J.D. & Sirenko B.I. (2012) Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3195: 1-38. [16 February 2012] [details]   
 
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