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Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

138117  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138117)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Lepidopleurida (Order)
  7. Lepidopleurina (Suborder)
  8. Leptochitonidae (Family)
  9. Leptochiton (Genus)
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Genus
Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation (no subgenera recognized in genus)

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  1. Species Leptochiton angustidens Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  2. Species Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
  3. Species Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
  4. Species Leptochiton benthedi (Leloup, 1981)
  5. Species Leptochiton binghami (Boone, 1928)
  6. Species Leptochiton boucheti Sirenko, 2001
  7. Species Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
  8. Species Leptochiton compostellanus Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999
  9. Species Leptochiton consimilis Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  10. Species Leptochiton deforgesi Sirenko, 2001
  11. Species Leptochiton dykei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  12. Species Leptochiton foresti (Leloup, 1981)
  13. Species Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  14. Species Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  15. Species Leptochiton habei H. Saito, 1997
  16. Species Leptochiton incongruus (Dall, 1908)
  17. Species Leptochiton juvenis (Leloup, 1981)
  18. Species Leptochiton kurnilatus Kaas, 1985
  19. Species Leptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979
  20. Species Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  21. Species Leptochiton luridus (Dall, 1902)
  22. Species Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985
  23. Species Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  24. Species Leptochiton pergranatus Dall, 1889
  25. Species Leptochiton rissoi (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  26. Species Leptochiton rogeri Sigwart & Sirenko, 2015
  27. Species Leptochiton saitoi Sirenko, 2001
  28. Species Leptochiton samadiae Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  29. Species Leptochiton schwabei Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
  30. Species Leptochiton tenuidontus H. Saito & Okutani, 1990
  31. Species Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
  32. Species Leptochiton thalattius Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
  33. Species Leptochiton thandari Sirenko, 2001
  34. Species Leptochiton troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
  35. Species Leptochiton vanbellei Sirenko, 2001
  36. Species Leptochiton vaubani Kaas, 1991
  37. Species Leptochiton vietnamensis Sirenko, 1998
  38. Species Leptochiton vitjazi (Sirenko, 1977)
  39. Species Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  40. Species Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878 accepted as Belknapchiton belknapi (Dall, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Leptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886 accepted as Belknapchiton benthus (Haddon, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
  43. Species Leptochiton clarki Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012 accepted as Leptochiton rogeri Sigwart & Sirenko, 2015 (invalid: junior homonym of Leptochiton clarki S.S. Berry, 1922; L. rogeri is a replacement name)
  44. Species Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999 accepted as Leptochiton compostellanus Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  45. Species Leptochiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905) accepted as Belknapchiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Leptochiton halistreptus (Dall, 1902) accepted as Belknapchiton halistreptus (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Leptochiton vitjazae (Sirenko, 1977) accepted as Leptochiton vitjazi (Sirenko, 1977) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  48. Subgenus Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (no subgenera recognized in genus)
    1. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999 accepted as Leptochiton compostellanum Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999 accepted as Leptochiton compostellanus Carmona Zalvide & Urgorri, 1999 (original combination)
    2. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 accepted as Leptochiton gascognensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 (original combination)
    3. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 accepted as Leptochiton geronensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 (original combination)
    4. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004 accepted as Leptochiton troncosoi Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004 (original combination)
    5. Species Leptochiton (Leptochiton) pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004 represented as Leptochiton pepezamorai Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2004
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 127, 168 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2026-06-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138117 on 2026-06-10
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2009-04-01 07:44:25Z
checked
Schwabe, Enrico
2015-05-17 18:10:35Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-07-26 05:16:55Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-29 22:10:36Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2023-10-04 16:39:55Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 127, 168 [details] 

original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details] 

basis of record Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033 (2): 151-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sigwart J.D. & Sirenko B.I. (2012) Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3195: 1-38. [16 February 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3195.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

subsequent type designation Sirenko, B. (2001). Deep-sea chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from sunken wood off New Caledonia and Vanuatu. <em>in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 185: 39-71. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 41 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Type designation Gray (p. 168) selected as type species Chiton cinereus from among the species originally included, but he gave (p. 127) indications showing that he had misidentified it. Sirenko fixed as type species under Art. 70.3 the taxonomical species actually involved in the misidentification. [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Synonymy In separate family Leptochitonidae [details]
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