83 Species in Family Chitonidae
Nominal species list for Chitonidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthopleura brevispinosa (Sowerby, 1840) Thorny chiton
Acanthopleura gemmata (de Blainville, 1825) Northern spined chiton
Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian fuzzy chiton
Acanthopleura loochooana (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)
Acanthopleura magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Acanthopleura spinosa Bruguière, 1792 Spinose chiton
Acanthopleura tenuispinosa Leloup, 1939
Acanthopleura vaillantii Rochebrune, 1882
Chiton affinis Issel, 1869
Chiton albolineatus unspecified
Chiton articulatus Sowerby, 1832
Chiton barnardi Ashby, 1931
Chiton bowenii King & Broderip, 1832 Pretty sea cradle
Chiton bululensis Smith, 1903
Chiton corallinus (Risso, 1826)
Chiton corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
Chiton cumingsii Frembly, 1827 Tree ring sea cradle
Chiton densiliratus Carpenter, 1893
Chiton exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Chiton granosus Frembly, 1827 Skunk sea cradle
Chiton hululensis (Smith, 1903)
Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
Chiton laevigatus Flemming, 1828 Smooth canoe-shell
Chiton laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
Chiton linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)
Chiton magnificus Deshayes, 1827 Liquorice sea cradle
Chiton marmoratus Gmelin, 1791 Marbled chiton
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton peregrinus Thiele, 1909
Chiton perviridis Carpenter, 1865
Chiton phaseolinus Monterosato, 1879
Chiton rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
Chiton rhynchota (de Rochebrune, 1884)
Chiton salihafui Bullock, 1972
Chiton squamosus unspecified Squamose chiton
Chiton stokesii Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 West Indian green chiton
Chiton virgulatus unspecified
Chiton viridis Spengler, 1797 Green chiton
Liolophura hirtosa (Péron MS, Blainville, 1825)
Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873) Japanese common chiton
Liolophura koreana Yeo & Hwang, 2021
Liolophura sinensis Choi, Park & Hwang, 2021
Lucilina aegyptiaca Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020
Lucilina amanda Thiele, 1909
Lucilina colantonii Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020
Lucilina confusa Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020
Lucilina dilecta Thiele, 1911
Lucilina indica (Leloup, 1981)
Lucilina lamellosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Lucilina sueziensis (Reeve, 1847)
Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry, 1901
Onithochiton lyellii Sowerby, 1832
Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863)
Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
Onithochiton oliveri Iredale, 1914
Onithochiton societatis Thiele, 1909
Onithochiton vandingeneni Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020
Radsia barnesii (Gray, 1828) Sea tank
Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)
Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
Squamopleura miles (Carpenter, 1893)
Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
Sypharochiton themeropsis Iredale, 1914
Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
Tonicia atrata (Sowerby II, 1839) Leather jacket tonicia
Tonicia bennetti Melvill & Standen, 1914
Tonicia calbucensis Plate, 1898 Pink spotted jacket tonicia
Tonicia carnosa Kaas, 1979
Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827) Variable tonicia
Tonicia disjuncta (Frembly, 1827) Reddish-brown tonicia
Tonicia forbesii Carpenter, 1857
Tonicia horniana Rochebrune, 1889
Tonicia lebruni Rochebrune, 1884 Orange tonicia
Tonicia pustulifera Dall, 1919
Tonicia schrammi (Shuttleworth, 1856) Gold-flecked chiton
Tonicia smithi Leloup, 1980 Chestnut tonicia
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