Leptochiton Gray, 1847
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https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2025.14.1.096 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E72D87E2-FFCF-FFFC-FF5E-FED4FE4D7FD6 |
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Felipe |
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Leptochiton Gray, 1847 |
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Genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 View in CoL
Type species: Chiton cinereus Montagu, 1803 (non Linnaeus, 1767) [ = Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791 , fide Lovén, 1846], by subsequent designation ( Gray, 1847).
Diagnosis. Body small; valves thin with hardly raised lateral areas; tegmentum generally pale with finely gran- ulose; mucro subcentral; no insertion plates; girdle with small scales, sometimes interspersed with spicules or entirely spiculose; major lateral radula teeth with uni-, bi-, or tricuspid cap, the denticle (s) always pointed.
Genus distribution. Worldwide. Triassic to Recent ( Laghi, 2005; Sigwart, 2017).
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