''Thermochiton'' is a genus of
polyplacophoran
Chitons () are marine (ocean), marine molluscs of varying size in the class (biology), class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 Extant taxon, extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the family
Ischnochitonidae
Ischnochitonidae is a family of polyplacophoran mollusc belonging to the superfamily Chitonoidea.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespec ...
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thermochiton Saito & Okutani, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385552 on 2022-09-27]
Species
* ''
Thermochiton papuaensis''
Sirenko, 2020
* ''
Thermochiton undocostatus''
Saito & Okutani, 1990
* ''
Thermochiton xui''
H. Wang, J. L. Zhang & Sirenko, 2022
References
* Saito, O. ; Okutani, T. (1990). Two New Chitons (Mollusca:Polyplacophora) from a Hydrothermal Vent Site of the Iheya Small Ridge, Okinawa Trough, East China Sea. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(3): 165-179
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Ischnochitonidae
Chiton families