Tonicella

Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.[1]

Tonicella
Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Tonicellidae
Genus: Tonicella
Carpenter, 1873
Type species
Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780
Species

See text.

The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).[2]

Species

Species within the genus Tonicella include:

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicella Carpenter, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138090 on 2022-06-22
  2. AFSC/RACE – Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. The Festivus. 41 (6): 53–100, errata.


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