Chiton (genus)

Chiton (genus)
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows:
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
References
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
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Chitonidae
Carboniferous first appearances