Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2021-04-30
Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period, but there are also extant species.
Distribution Worldwide.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Leptochiton:
Leptochiton abacinus Leptochiton alascensis Leptochiton albemarlensis Leptochiton algesirensis Leptochiton americanus Leptochiton amsterdamensis Leptochiton angustidens Leptochiton antarcticus Leptochiton antondohrni Leptochiton arcticus Leptochiton asellus Leptochiton assimilis Leptochiton babidus Leptochiton badioides Leptochiton badius Leptochiton batialis Leptochiton bednalli Leptochiton bedullii Leptochiton benthedi Leptochiton beui Leptochiton binghami Leptochiton blikshteyni Leptochiton boettgeri Leptochiton boucheti Leptochiton cancellatus Leptochiton cancelloides Leptochiton cascadiensis Leptochiton chariessa Leptochiton chatticus Leptochiton cimicoides Leptochiton clarki Leptochiton clifdenensis Leptochiton collusor Leptochiton columnarius Leptochiton commandorensis Leptochiton compostellanus Leptochiton consimilis Leptochiton corticellii Leptochiton darioi Leptochiton deforgesi Leptochiton denhartogi Leptochiton dispersus Leptochiton diversigranosus Leptochiton dykei Leptochiton eckelsheimensis Leptochiton fairchildi Leptochiton faxensis Leptochiton ferreirai Leptochiton finlayi Leptochiton fischeri Leptochiton foresti Leptochiton freiwaldi Leptochiton fuliginatus Leptochiton gascognensis Leptochiton geronensis Leptochiton gloriosus Leptochiton gowlettholmesae Leptochiton guadelupei Leptochiton habei Leptochiton hakodatensis Leptochiton hirasei Leptochiton hiriensis Leptochiton hodgsoni Leptochiton ibanezi Leptochiton incongruus Leptochiton inquinatus Leptochiton josei Leptochiton juvenis Leptochiton kantori Leptochiton kerguelensis Leptochiton kurnilatus Leptochiton lascrusesi Leptochiton lateropustulosus Leptochiton latidens Leptochiton laurae Leptochiton leloupi Leptochiton lignatilis Leptochiton linseae Leptochiton liratellus Leptochiton liratus Leptochiton longibranchiae Leptochiton longigranum Leptochiton longisetosus Leptochiton longispinus Leptochiton luridus Leptochiton madagascaricus Leptochiton magnogranifer Leptochiton maguntiacus Leptochiton marshalli Leptochiton matthewsianus Leptochiton medinae Leptochiton meiringae Leptochiton micropustulosus Leptochiton milwaukensis Leptochiton muelleri Leptochiton myeikensis Leptochiton neocaledonicus Leptochiton nexus Leptochiton nierstraszi Leptochiton nivarus Leptochiton odhneri Leptochiton otagoensis Leptochiton parvus Leptochiton pepezamorai Leptochiton pergranatus Leptochiton permodestus Leptochiton perscitus Leptochiton persianus Leptochiton peruvianus Leptochiton poirieri Leptochiton prudenzae Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Leptochiton pulcherrimus Leptochiton pumilus Leptochiton renauleauensis Leptochiton rissoi Leptochiton rogeri Leptochiton rugatus Leptochiton rumani Leptochiton saitoi Leptochiton salicensis Leptochiton samadiae Leptochiton sanmatiensis Leptochiton sarsi Leptochiton scabridus Leptochiton schwabei Leptochiton sephus Leptochiton serenae Leptochiton setiger Leptochiton sinervus Leptochiton singus Leptochiton smirnovi Leptochiton sperandus Leptochiton spiniferus Leptochiton subantarcticus Leptochiton subrugatus Leptochiton sulci Leptochiton surugensis Leptochiton sykesi Leptochiton tahitiensis Leptochiton tavianii Leptochiton tenuidontus Leptochiton tenuis Leptochiton terryiverseni Leptochiton thalattius Leptochiton thandari Leptochiton torishimensis Leptochiton troncosoi Leptochiton uhligi Leptochiton uxellus Leptochiton vanbellei Leptochiton vanuatuensis Leptochiton vaubani Leptochiton vietnamensis Leptochiton vitjazi Leptochiton wui Leptochiton xanthus
References
External links
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219