Tonicella
Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.[1]
| Tonicella | |
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| Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Tonicellidae |
| Genus: | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780 | |
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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:
- Tonicella insignis
- Tonicella lineata
- Tonicella lokii
- Tonicella marmorea
- Tonicella rubra
- Tonicella sitkensis
- Tonicella submarmorea
- Tonicella undocaerulea
- Tonicella venusta
References
- 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
- 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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