Name - Leptochiton Gray 1847

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:95356 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Leptochiton

• Deshayesiella Carpenter in Dall 1879

• Holochiton Fischer 1885

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• New, rare bathyal leptochitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the South and West Pacific.
• A new small chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Guadelupe.
• Reinstatement of the genus Terenochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with a genus diagnosis emendation.
• New Zealand and Australian species of the genus Leptochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora).
• New shelf and bathyal Philippine leptochitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepittopieurida).

Search name in:

Sherborn Index Animalium

• Proc. Zool. Soc. London, XV(178) 1847: 127. [Index Animalium Entry]

back