Leptochiton (chiton)

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.^[2]

Leptochiton Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Lepidopleurida
Suborder:	Lepidopleurina
Family:	Leptochitonidae
Subfamily:	Leptochitoninae
Genus:	Leptochiton Gray, 1847
Type species
Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847 Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847 Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,^[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.^[3]

Species

• Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015^[3]
• Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species^[3]
• Leptochiton bergenhayni Saito, 2011
• Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
• Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)^[4]
• Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)^[3]
• Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010^[3]
• Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
• Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
• Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
• Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990
• Leptochiton macleani Sirenko, 2015
• Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
• Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
• Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
• Leptochiton mutschkeae Sirenko, 2015
• Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
• Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
• Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
• Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
• Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
• Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
• Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
• Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
• Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
• Leptochiton taiwanensis Sirenko, 2018
• Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
• Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
• and many more