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) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
- 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 (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827
- Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979
- Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
- Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
- Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
- Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
- Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
- Chiton (Chiton) stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914)
- Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907
- Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus Sowerby, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) viridis Spengler, 1797