Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.[2]

Leptochiton
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent[1]
Leptochiton asellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Suborder: Lepidopleurina
Family: Leptochitonidae
Subfamily: Leptochitoninae
Genus: Leptochiton
Gray, 1847
Type species
Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
  • Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
  • Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

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Worldwide.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2021-04-30
  3. ^ a b c d e Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
  4. ^ * Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
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