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Chiton
Taxonomy
Chiton was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Wells and Houston (2001); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chitonidae by Smith (1973), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006) and Vendrasco et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Wells and Houston (2001); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chitonidae by Smith (1973), Schwabe and Lozouet (2006) and Vendrasco et al. (2022).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Chiton Linnaeus p. 667 |
| 1973 | Chiton Smith p. 7 |
| 1974 | Chiton Abbott p. 404 |
| 1995 | Chiton Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 2001 | Chiton Wells and Houston p. 35 |
| 2002 | Chiton Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Chiton Schwabe and Lozouet p. 622 |
| 2022 | Chiton Vendrasco et al. p. 1057 |
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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. Chiton Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Chiton (Amaurochiton) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus 1758
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†Chiton (Chiton) berryi Smith et al. 1968
†Chiton (Chiton) cretaceous Berry 1939
†Chiton (Chiton) rossi Smith et al. 1968
Subg. †Chiton (Poeciloplax) Thiele 1893
Subg. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele 1893
Chiton alveolus Loven 1846
†Chiton antiquus Conrad 1855
†Chiton cordatus Kirkby 1859
†Chiton deshayesi Terquem 1852
†Chiton eocenensis Conrad 1855
†Chiton grignionensis Lamarck 1802
†Chiton howseanus Kirkby 1857
†Chiton koninckii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849
†Chiton rhaeticus Moore 1861
†Chiton sallustii Parona 1909
Chiton solaris Vendrasco et al. 2022
Chiton turberculatus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available