Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen...
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family Chitonidae. Chiton may also refer to: Chiton (costume), a form of clothing Chiton (genus), a genus of marine molluscs in the family Chitonidae Chiton...
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Chiton (genus) (category Chitonidae)
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae. The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows: Subgenus...
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Chiton squamosus (category Chitonidae)
is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. Chiton squamosus can reach a length of 50–75 millimetres...
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Gray, 1847 Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 Vermichiton Kaas, 1979 Family Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815 Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815 Chiton Linnaeus...
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Acanthopleura (category Chitonidae)
Acanthopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present. According...
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Chiton tuberculatus (category Chitonidae)
is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. Chiton tuberculatus can reach a length of about...
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Onithochiton neglectus neglectus (category Chitonidae)
Onithochiton neglectus neglectus is a subspecies of chiton in the family Chitonidae. O. neglectus neglectus is a brooding chiton, which means that the eggs...
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Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (category Chitonidae)
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. As the species name suggests, the surface of the girdle in this chiton has...
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Liolophura (category Chitonidae)
articulating plates or valves. Liolophura is classified within the family Chitonidae, subfamily Acanthopleurinae. Species include: Liolophura arenosa (Ferreira...
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The marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela. The marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels, chitons, octopuses...
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Chiton politus (category Chitonidae)
tulip chiton, is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, found on the coast of southern Africa. The species can display a variety...
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Radsia nigrovirescens (category Chitonidae)
the brooding chiton, is a small polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, found on the west coast of southern Africa. The valves of the shell are...
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Liolophura sinensis (category Chitonidae)
Chinese camelback chiton, is a species of marine mollusc in the family Chitonidae. It is distributed along the Pacific coast of China and nearby islands...
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Chiton salihafui (category Chitonidae)
python chiton, is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, found on the west coast of Africa. The valves are each bear an elongate...
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Sypharochiton (category Chitonidae)
Sypharochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. Most species are endemic to the waters of New Zealand, except for Sypharochiton pelliserpentis...
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Chiton glaucus (category Chitonidae)
is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It is the most common chiton species in New Zealand...
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Chiton olivaceus (category Chitonidae)
is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. Chiton olivaceus can reach a length of 32–40 millimetres...
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Tonicia (category Chitonidae)
Tonicia is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae. The genus was recently restricted to include only 12 New World species...
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Enoplochiton niger (category Chitonidae)
Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It is the only species in the genus Enoplochiton...
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exasperatus [ceb; nl; sv; war; wikidata], a marine mollusk in the family Chitonidae Chondracanthus exasperatus, a seaweed in the family Gigartinaceae Clavus...
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Rhyssoplax suteri (category Chitonidae)
Rhyssoplax suteri is a rare species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland...
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Acanthopleura gemmata (category Chitonidae)
Acanthopleura gemmata, the jewelled chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. This large species of chiton grows to be about 7 cm (3 inches) in length...
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Enoplochiton (category Chitonidae)
Enoplochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. Enoplochiton echinatus (Barnes, 1824) Enoplochiton niger (Barnes, 1824) † Enoplochiton rochebrunei...
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articulatus [ceb; commons; es; nl; sv; war; wikidata], a mollusk in the family Chitonidae Chlorocyperus articulatus, synonym for Cyperus articulatus, a sedge in...
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Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus (category Chitonidae)
Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus is a subspecies of chiton in the family Chitonidae. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd...
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Onithochiton literatus (category Chitonidae)
chiton, is a medium to large-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, found on the east coast of Africa. The species is usually brownish black...
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Rhyssoplax (category Chitonidae)
Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands....
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Sypharochiton torri (category Chitonidae)
Sypharochiton torri is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae found in New Zealand. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins...
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Mucrosquama (category Chitonidae)
Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull...
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