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Leptochiton  Gray, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 78813

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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   
                      OrderLepidopleurida   
                         SuborderLepidopleurina Thiele, 1910  
                            FamilyLeptochitonidae Dall, 1889  
                               GenusLeptochiton Gray, 1847  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton alveolus (M. Sars in Lovén, 1846)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton cancellatus Sowerby, 1840  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton dentiens   
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton gascognensis Kaas and Belle, 1985  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton internexus   
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton leloupi Kaas, 1979  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton nexus Carpenter, 1864  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton oldroydi   
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1882)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton rugatus (Pilsbry, 1892)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton sarsi Kaas, 1981  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880)  
                                  SpeciesLeptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Leptochiton   
       
  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   
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  Reference for: Leptochiton   
       
  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  
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  Reference for: Leptochiton   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss   
  Publication Date: 1989   
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  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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