Sypharochiton
Encyclopedia
Sypharochiton is a genus
of chiton
s in the family
Chitonidae
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Genera
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of chiton
Chiton
Chitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura....
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Chitonidae
Chitonidae
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.-Subfamilies and genera:...
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Species
- Sypharochiton pelliserpentisSypharochiton pelliserpentisSypharochiton pelliserpentis is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae....
(QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
and GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, 1835) - Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill,1987)
- Sypharochiton sinclairiSypharochiton sinclairiSypharochiton sinclairi is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae....
(Gray, 1843) - Sypharochiton torriSypharochiton torriSypharochiton torri is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae....
(SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1907)