Leptochiton (mollusc)

Leptochiton Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Order:	Neoloricata
Family:	Leptochitonidae
Subfamily:	Leptochitoninae
Genus:	Leptochiton Gray, 1847

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc. Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,^[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.^[2]

Species

Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015^[2]
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species^[2]
Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)^[2]
Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010^[2]
and many more

References

1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
1 2 3 4 5 Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.

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