Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona
Lepidochitona cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Lepidochitona
Gray, 1821
Species

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Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae,[1] and Lepidochitonidae.[2]

L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran.[3]

There are many fossil species in the genus, as well as species extant today.[4]

Species include:[2]

References

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  1. Petraccioli, A., et al. (2012). Chromosomes of Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonina, Tonicellidae) provide insights into Acanthochitonina karyological evolution. Comparative Cytogenetics 6(4), 397-407.
  2. 1 2 Schwabe, E., et al. (2014). Lepidochitona. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). ISBN 9789004074149.
  4. Dell'Angelo, B., et al. (2011). Chitons (Polyplacophora) from Paleogene strata in western Washington State, USA. Journal of Paleontology 85(5), 936-54.


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