Lepidochitona: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Family
Tonicellidae
Genus
Lepidochitona
Species
Scientific Name
Lepidochitona

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae, and Lepidochitonidae.

L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran.

There are many fossil species in the genus, as well as species extant today.

Species include:

  • Lepidochitona aleutica
  • Lepidochitona bullocki
  • Lepidochitona caboverdensis
  • Lepidochitona canariensis
  • Lepidochitona caprearum
  • Lepidochitona chalossensis Dell'Angelo, Lesport, Cluzaud & Sosso, 2020
  • Lepidochitona cinerea
  • Lepidochitona dicksae
  • Lepidochitona furtiva
  • Lepidochitona iberica
  • Lepidochitona kaasi
  • Lepidochitona liozonis
  • Lepidochitona monterosatoi
  • Lepidochitona piceola
  • Lepidochitona rolani
  • Lepidochitona rosea
  • Lepidochitona rufoi
  • Lepidochitona salvadorensis
  • Lepidochitona severianoi
  • Lepidochitona simrothi
  • Lepidochitona stroemfelti
  • Lepidochitona subaleutica
  • Lepidochitona turtoni
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