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

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptochiton*	J. E. Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Chiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Leptochiton (Leptochiton)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Literature

original 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase 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:140214