Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Leptochitonidae > Genus Leptochiton Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
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Relationships towards this taxonGenus group names| Leptochiton | J. E. Gray, 1847 | accepted genus name |
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Chiton (Leptochiton) | J. E. Gray, 1847 | synonym |
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Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) | J. E. Gray, 1847 | synonym |
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Leptochiton (Leptochiton) | J. E. Gray, 1847 | synonym |
Literatureoriginal description | Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1990). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 4. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (continued). Additions to Vols 1, 2 and 3. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 298 p. | basis of record | Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. |
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CitationMolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton xanthus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140214Image
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