Ischnochiton
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Ischnochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Ischnochitonidae. They are elongate-ovate chitons, with the girdle scales minute. The tail valve is much the longest, and has a well developed mucro, a projection that separates the anterior and posterior areas. The are found in most warm to cool temperate seas. They are found from the Eocene era onwards.
[edit] Species
- Ischnochiton abyssicola
- Ischnochiton alascensis Thiele, 1910
- Ischnochiton albus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Ischnochiton circumvallatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Ischnochiton dilatosculptus Kaas, 1982
- Ischnochiton erythronotus (C. B. Adams, 1845) - multihued chiton
- Ischnochiton exaratus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
- Ischnochiton floridanus
- Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909
- Ischnochiton hartmeyeri Thiele, 1910 - multiringed chiton
- Ischnochiton lividus
- Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907
- Ischnochiton maorianus Iredale, 1914
- Ischnochiton mawsoni Cotton, 1937
- Ischnochiton newcombi Pilsbry, 1892
- Ischnochiton niveus Ferreira, 1987
- Ischnochiton papillosus (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Ischnochiton pectinatus
- Ischnochiton pseudovirgatus Kaas, 1972 - blue-spot chiton
- Ischnochiton purpurascens
- Ischnochiton pusio (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod., 1832)
- Ischnochiton retiporosus
- Ischnochiton ritteri
- Ischnochiton ruber
- Ischnochiton scrobiculatus (Middendorff, 1847)
- Ischnochiton striolatus (J. E. Gray, 1828)
[edit] References
- Ischnochiton (TSN 78849). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
