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Leptochiton Gray 1847
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Genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847
Type species. Chiton cinereus sensu Montagu, 1803 (non Linnaeus, 1767) = Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) fide Lovén (1846), by subsequent designation (Gray 1847).
Genus distribution. Worldwide, Carboniferous–Recent, intertidal– 7,657 m (Sirenko 2020).
Notes
Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2023, A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, pp. 359-392 in Zootaxa 5325 (3) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8247001
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Leptochitonidae
- Genus
- Leptochiton
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidopleurida
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptochiton Gray, 1847 sec. Sirenko, 2023
References
- Gray, J. E. (1847) A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonymy and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London, 15, 129 - 206. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1847. tb 00164. x
- Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land and freshwater, including the most minute, systematically arranged and embellished with figures. Vol. 1 & 2. J. White, London, 606 pp. [pp. i - xxxvii + 1 - 291 + 292 - 606] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 33927
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791) C. von Linnaeus … Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Pt. 6. 13 th Edition. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 6 pp. [pp. 3202 - 3207, Vermes Testacea, Genus 300, Chiton]
- Loven, S. L. (1846) Index molluscorum litora Scandinaviae Occidentalia habitantium. Ofverssigt Af Kungel Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Forhandlinger, 3, 134 - 160. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 59081
- Sirenko, B. I. (2020) New Zealand and Australian species of the genus Leptochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa, 4851 (3), 401 - 449. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4851.3.1