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Lepidochitona  Gray, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 78878

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Basiliochiton Berry, 1918
  
    Cyanoplax Pilsbry, 1892
  
    Spongioradsia Pilsbry, 1894
  
    Dendrochiton Berry, 1911
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassPolyplacophora Blainvillle, 1816 – chitons, polyplacophorans, chíton, poliplacoforo, quíton  
                   SubclassNeoloricata   
                      OrderChitonida   
                         SuborderChitonina   
                            FamilyIschnochitonidae Dall, 1889  
                               GenusLepidochitona Gray, 1821  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona aleutica (Dall, 1879)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona beanii (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona berryana Eernisse, 1986  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona caverna Eernisse, 1986  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona dentiens (Gould, 1846)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona fernaldi Eernisse, 1986  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona flectens (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona gothica (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona hartwegii (Carpenter, 1855)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona keepiana S. S. Berry, 1948  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona liozonis (Dall and Simpson, 1901) – Caribbean red chiton 
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona lowei (Pilsbry, 1918)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona semilirata (S. S. Berry, 1927)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona sharpeii   
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona thamnopora (S. S. Berry, 1911)  
                                  SpeciesLepidochitona thomasi (Pilsbry, 1898)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lepidochitona   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kaas, P. and R. A. Van Belle   
  Publication Date: 1998   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Second, revised edition.   
  Page(s): 204   
  Publisher: Backhuys Publishers   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-73348-93-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidochitona   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidochitona   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss   
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
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  Reference for: Lepidochitona   
       

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