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Ischnochiton

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ischnochiton Gray
1922Ischnochiton Berry p. 461
1974Ischnochiton Abbott p. 394
1995Ischnochiton Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2001Ischnochiton Wells and Houston p. 57
2002Ischnochiton Sepkoski
2024Ischnochiton Wu and Lee

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
subfamilyIschnochitoninae
genusIschnochitonGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ischnochiton Gray 1847
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Subg. †Ischnochiton (Haploplax) Pilsbry 1894
Subg. †Ischnochiton (Heterozona) Carpenter 1879
Subg. †Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) Gray 1847
Subg. †Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle 1974
Subg. †Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff 1847
Ischnochiton anserinus Laghi 1977
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Invalid names: Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) anserinus Laghi 1977 [synonym]
Ischnochiton goederti Dell'Angelo et al. 2011
Ischnochiton marloffsteinensis Fiedel and Keupp 1988
Ischnochiton martinelli Angelo et al. 2004
Ischnochiton rissoi Payraudeau 1826
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Invalid names: Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) rissoi Angelo and Smriglio 1999 [synonym], Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) rissoi Angelo 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Margaritatus to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 192.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 184.2 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany I. marloffsteinensis (139314)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) I. sp. A (40733)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3USA (Washington) I. sp. B, I. goederti (180196)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) I. sp. (238436)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Italy I. anserinus (175395) I. rissoi, I. anserinus, I. martinelli (175549 175552)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) I. radians, I. decipiens (201624) I. sp. (240573 240574)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) I. sp. (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) I. sp. (240595)