Onithochiton

Onithochiton is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae, which is distributed from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa. ^[2]

Onithochiton
Onithochiton neglectus collected in Russell, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Suborder:	Chitonina
Family:	Chitonidae
Genus:	Onithochiton Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
Type species
Chiton undulatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1835[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Nodiplax Beu, 1967 Onithella Mackay, 1933 Onithoplax Thiele, 1909 Onitochiton Rochebrune, 1884 (Spelling variation) Pristochiton Clessin, 1904 Tonicia (Onithoplax) Thiele, 1909

Species

• Onithochiton ashbyi Bednall & Matthews, 1906
• Onithochiton discrepans Hedley & Hull, 1912
• Onithochiton erythraeus Thiele, 1909
• Onithochiton gotoi Van Belle, 1993
• Onithochiton helenae (Mackay, 1933)
• Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry, 1901
• Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
• Onithochiton lyellii (G.B. Sowerby I in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
• Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863)
• Onithochiton maklayi Sirenko, 2019
• Onithochiton margueritae Kaas, Van Belle & Strack, 2006
• Onithochiton neglectus neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton neglectus opiniosus Iredale and Hull, 1932
• Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus Suter, 1907
• Onithochiton noemiae (Rochebrune, 1884)
• Onithochiton oliveri Iredale, 1914
• Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)
• Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, 1867
• Onithochiton semisculptus Pilsbry, 1893 (synonym of Onithochiton neglectus neglectus Rochebrune, 1881)
• Onithochiton societatis Thiele, 1909
• Onithochiton stracki Sirenko, 2012
• Onithochiton vandingeneni Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020

Species brought into synonymy

• Onithochiton astrolabei Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton caliginosus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)
• Onithochiton decipiens Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton filholi Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton isipingoensis Sykes, 1901: synonym of Craspedochiton isipingoensis (Sykes, 1901) (original combination)
• Onithochiton lyelli G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863) (misinterpretation according to Kaas et al. 2006)
• Onithochiton margaritiferum Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Calloplax janeirensis (Gray, 1828): synonym of Rhyssoplax janeirensis (Gray, 1828)
• Onithochiton marmoratus Wissel, 1904: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton nodosus Suter, 1907: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton opiniosus Iredale & Hull, 1932: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton pruinosum Rochebrune, 1884: synonym of Stenoplax purpurascens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, 1867: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)
• Onithochiton scholvieni Thiele, 1909: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)
• Onithochiton semisculptus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton undulatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839): synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
• Onithochiton wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Onithochiton literatus (F. Krauss, 1848)