Chiton (genus)

Chiton
Temporal range:
Chiton glaucus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Chitoninae
Genus: Chiton
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Chiton tuberculatus
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
  • Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternate representation
  • Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791
  • Chiton (Sclerochiton) Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera))
  • Oscabrion Herrmannsen, 1847 (refers to Oscabrion Petiver, 1702)
  • Sclerochiton Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera) )

Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.

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