''Onithochiton'' is a

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of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the

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Chitonidae Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies. Subfamilies and genera Subfamilies and genera within th ...

, which is distributed from Australia and

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. 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 ''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 ...

'' Van Belle, 1993 * '' Onithochiton helenae'' (Mackay, 1933) * '' Onithochiton hirasei''

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, 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 neglectus ''Onithochiton neglectus neglectus'' is a subspecies of chiton in the family Chitonidae. Description ''O. neglectus neglectus'' is a brooding chiton, which means that the eggs develop attached to the body of females. Ecology ''O. neglectus'' ...

'' Rochebrune, 1881 * ''

Onithochiton neglectus opiniosus ''Onithochiton neglectus opiniosus'' is a subspecies of chiton in the family Chitonidae Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen ...

'' Iredale and Hull, 1932 * ''

Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus ''Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus'' is a subspecies of chiton in the family Chitonidae Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifte ...

'' Suter, 1907 * '' Onithochiton noemiae'' (Rochebrune, 1884) * '' Onithochiton oliveri'' Iredale, 1914 * ''

Onithochiton quercinus ''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 ...

'' (Gould, 1846) * '' Onithochiton rugulosus'' Angas, 1867 * ''Onithochiton semisculptus''

, 1893 (synonym of ''

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Rochebrune, 1881 * ''Onithochiton nodosus'' Suter, 1907: synonym of ''Onithochiton neglectus'' Rochebrune, 1881 * ''Onithochiton opiniosus'' Iredale & Hull, 1932: synonym of ''Onithochiton neglectus 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.
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* 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
Chitonidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Chiton-stub