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 (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827 (nomen nudum) Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979 Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981) Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986 Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844) 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) (Iredale & Hull, 1926) Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867 Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor (Hull, 1923) Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898 Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Thiele, 1893) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989) 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 (Risso, 1826) 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 (Iredale & May, 1916) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973) 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 (de Rochebrune, 1884) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis (Is. Taki, 1938) 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 (Iredale & Hull, 1932) Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) (Iredale & Hull, 1926) Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989 Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903) Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus (Kaas, 1991)
Synonyms: Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987: Synonym of Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987) Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1840 Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914): Synonym of Sypharochiton themeropis Iredale, 1914 Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907: Synonym of Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bullocki (Sirenko, 2012): Synonym of Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929: Synonym of Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903): Synonym of Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842: Synonym of Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1842) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847: Synonym of Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847) Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923): Synonym of Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923 Chiton laevigatus Flemming, 1828: Synonym of Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780) Chiton striatus Barnes, 1824: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797 Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
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