Taiwanese deep-water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and survey of chiton fauna of Taiwan
Author
Sirenko, Boris
text
Zootaxa
2018
4422
3
301
344
journal article
30034
10.11646/zootaxa.4422.3.1
d3ab996a-3124-4733-93fd-7eadcacdc179
1175-5326
1253051
225024A4-A643-4F17-9A8D-4905DC236330
Genus
Leptochiton
Gray, 1847
Type species.
Chiton cinereus
Montagu, 1803 (non Linnaeus, 1767) =
Leptochiton asellus
(
Gmelin, 1791
)
SD by
Gray (1847)
.
Genus distribution.
Worldwide, Carboniferous–Recent, intertidal–
7657 m
.
Remarks.
Sigwart
et al.
(2011) demonstrated that
Leptochiton
is not monophyletic based on molecular analyses of three genes; accordingly
Leptochiton
s.s
.
is restricted to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. I here use
Leptochiton
s.l
.
according to the traditional morphological concept.