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 granosus Frembly, 1827
- * Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979
- * Chiton (Chiton) kaasi
- * Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
- * Chiton (Chiton) magnificus
- * 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)
- * Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867
- * Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor
- * Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898
- Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax)
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis
- * 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
- * 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
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi
- * 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
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- * Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis
- * 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
- Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax)
- * Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989
- * Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis
- * Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus