en Leptochiton (chiton)

Leptochiton; Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Lepidopleurida
Suborder:	Lepidopleurina
Family:	Leptochitonidae
Subfamily:	Leptochitoninae
Genus:	Leptochiton; Gray, 1847
Type species
	Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791;
Synonyms
	Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847; Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847; Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation; Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878;

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.^[2]

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,^[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.^[3]

^ ^a ^b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2021-04-30
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
^ * Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5

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