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.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Onithochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205084 on 2021-11-09
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 Rochebrune, 1881 Onithochiton noemiae (Rochebrune, 1884) Onithochiton oliveri Iredale, 1914 Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846) Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, 1867 Onithochiton semisculptus Pilsbry, 1893 (synonym of Onithochiton 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 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)
References
Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 141-154. Discover Life Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
External links Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 63-70