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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
Belchiton Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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 babidus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  14. Species Leptochiton badioides (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  15. Species Leptochiton badius (Hedley & Hull, 1909)
  16. Species Leptochiton batialis Sirenko, 1978
  17. Species Leptochiton bednalli (Torr, 1912)
  18. Species Leptochiton bedullii Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1986
  19. Species Leptochiton benthedi (Leloup, 1981)
  20. Species Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
  21. Species Leptochiton binghami (Boone, 1928)
  22. Species Leptochiton blikshteyni Sirenko, 2019
  23. Species Leptochiton boettgeri (Šulc, 1934) †
  24. Species Leptochiton boucheti Sirenko, 2001
  25. Species Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
  26. Species Leptochiton cancelloides Kaas, 1982
  27. Species Leptochiton cascadiensis Sigwart & C. Chen, 2017
  28. Species Leptochiton chariessa (Barnard, 1963)
  29. Species Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879)
  30. Species Leptochiton clarki S. S. Berry, 1922 †
  31. Species Leptochiton clifdenensis (Ashby, 1929) †
  32. Species Leptochiton collusor (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  33. Species Leptochiton columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)
  34. Species Leptochiton commandorensis Sirenko, 2017
  35. Species Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999
  36. Species Leptochiton consimilis Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  37. Species Leptochiton darioi (Righi, 1973)
  38. Species Leptochiton deforgesi Sirenko, 2001
  39. Species Leptochiton denhartogi Strack, 2003
  40. Species Leptochiton dispersus Kaas, 1985
  41. Species Leptochiton diversigranosus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  42. Species Leptochiton dykei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  43. Species Leptochiton fairchildi (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
  44. Species Leptochiton faxensis Sigwart, Andersen & Schnetler, 2007 †
  45. Species Leptochiton ferreirai Sirenko & Sellanes, 2016
  46. Species Leptochiton finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
  47. Species Leptochiton fischeri (Rochebrune, 1883) †
  48. Species Leptochiton foresti (Leloup, 1981)
  49. Species Leptochiton freiwaldi Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024
  50. Species Leptochiton fuliginatus (Reeve, 1847)
  51. Species Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  52. Species Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  53. Species Leptochiton gloriosus Kaas, 1985
  54. Species Leptochiton gowlettholmesae Sirenko, 2023
  55. Species Leptochiton guadelupei Sirenko, 2018
  56. Species Leptochiton habei Saito, 1997
  57. Species Leptochiton hakodatensis (Thiele, 1909)
  58. Species Leptochiton hirasei (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
  59. Species Leptochiton hiriensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
  60. Species Leptochiton hodgsoni (Sirenko, 2000)
  61. Species Leptochiton ibanezi Sirenko & Sellanes, 2016
  62. Species Leptochiton incongruus (Dall, 1908)
  63. Species Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
  64. Species Leptochiton josei Dell'Angelo, Sosso, Prudenza & Bonfitto, 2013 †
  65. Species Leptochiton juvenis (Leloup, 1981)
  66. Species Leptochiton kantori Sirenko, 2016
  67. Species Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
  68. Species Leptochiton kurnilatus Kaas, 1985
  69. Species Leptochiton lascrusesi Sirenko, 2015
  70. Species Leptochiton lateropustulosus Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  71. Species Leptochiton latidens (Bergenhayn, 1933)
  72. Species Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
  73. Species Leptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979
  74. Species Leptochiton lignatilis Dell'Angelo, Bertolaso & Sosso, 2015 †
  75. Species Leptochiton linseae Sirenko, 2015
  76. Species Leptochiton liratellus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  77. Species Leptochiton liratus (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  78. Species Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
  79. Species Leptochiton longigranum Sirenko, 2020
  80. Species Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  81. Species Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
  82. Species Leptochiton luridus (Dall, 1902)
  83. Species Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
  84. Species Leptochiton magnogranifer (Ashby, 1925) †
  85. Species Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
  86. Species Leptochiton matthewsianus (Bednall, 1906)
  87. Species Leptochiton medinae (Plate, 1899)
  88. Species Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985
  89. Species Leptochiton micropustulosus Kaas, 1994
  90. Species Leptochiton milwaukensis Sirenko, 2024
  91. Species Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
  92. Species Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
  93. Species Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
  94. Species Leptochiton nexus P. P. Carpenter, 1864
  95. Species Leptochiton nierstraszi (Leloup, 1981)
  96. Species Leptochiton nivarus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  97. Species Leptochiton odhneri (Bergenhayn, 1931)
  98. Species Leptochiton otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
  99. Species Leptochiton parvus Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  100. Species Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  101. Species Leptochiton pergranatus Dall, 1889
  102. Species Leptochiton permodestus Kaas, 1985
  103. Species Leptochiton perscitus Kaas, 1991
  104. Species Leptochiton persianus Sirenko, 2022
  105. Species Leptochiton peruvianus Sirenko, 2015
  106. Species Leptochiton poirieri (Rochebrune, 1882) †
  107. Species Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
  108. Species Leptochiton pulcherrimus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  109. Species Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
  110. Species Leptochiton renauleauensis Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  111. Species Leptochiton rissoi (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  112. Species Leptochiton rogeri Sigwart & Sirenko, 2015
  113. Species Leptochiton rugatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1892)
  114. Species Leptochiton saitoi Sirenko, 2001
  115. Species Leptochiton samadiae Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  116. Species Leptochiton sanmatiensis Güller, Liuzzi & Zelaya, 2015
  117. Species Leptochiton sarsi Kaas, 1981
  118. Species Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880)
  119. Species Leptochiton schwabei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  120. Species Leptochiton sephus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  121. Species Leptochiton setiger (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  122. Species Leptochiton sinervus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  123. Species Leptochiton singus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  124. Species Leptochiton smirnovi Sirenko, 2016
  125. Species Leptochiton sperandus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  126. Species Leptochiton spiniferus Sirenko, 2020
  127. Species Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
  128. Species Leptochiton subrugatus Sirenko & Sigwart, 2021
  129. Species Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
  130. Species Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  131. Species Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
  132. Species Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
  133. Species Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
  134. Species Leptochiton terryiverseni Hybertsen & Kiel, 2018 †
  135. Species Leptochiton thalattius Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  136. Species Leptochiton thandari Sirenko, 2001
  137. Species Leptochiton torishimensis (S.-K. Wu & Okutani, 1984)
  138. Species Leptochiton troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  139. Species Leptochiton uhligi (Koenen, 1892) †
  140. Species Leptochiton uxellus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  141. Species Leptochiton vanbellei Sirenko, 2001
  142. Species Leptochiton vanuatuensis Sirenko, 2016
  143. Species Leptochiton vaubani Kaas, 1991
  144. Species Leptochiton vietnamensis Sirenko, 1998
  145. Species Leptochiton vitjazae (Sirenko, 1977)
  146. Species Leptochiton wui Sirenko, 2018
  147. Species Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
  148. Species Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) accepted as Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)
  149. Species Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  150. Species Leptochiton incubatus Sirenko, 2017 accepted as Kaasichiton incubatus (Sirenko, 2017) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  151. Species Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990 accepted as Kaasichiton lukini (Sirenko, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  152. Species Leptochiton srameki (Šulc, 1934) † accepted as Leptochiton boettgeri (Šulc, 1934) † (subjective synonym)
  153. 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)
  154. 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)
  155. Species Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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 2025-04-01
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2025-04-01
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
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-07-26 05:16:55Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-29 22:10:36Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-10-04 16:39:55Z
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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] 

original description (of Belchiton Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †) Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1939). New fossil chitons from the Miocene and Pliocene of Victoria. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 6(3): 209–242, pls. 19–21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025886 [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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