Class Polyplacophora
Chitons
Acanthochitona crinita
The commonest and most widespread
chiton found on British rocky shores is Lepidochitona cinerea.
On many shores it is the only species to be found.
Acanthochitona crinita
is a larger species. This one is 29 mm long and 20 mm wide (widest part).
It was discovered on Lancing
beach, Sussex.
Class POLYPLACOPHORA
Order NEOLORICATA
Leptochitonidae
Leptochitoninae
Leptochiton J E Gray, 1847
Perhaps a subgenus of Lepidopleurus; see Dell"Angelo & Palazzi (1989).
Leptochiton (Leptochiton)
J E Gray, 1847
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin,
1791) Synonym: Lepidopleurus asellus.
Leptochiton cancellatus
(G B Sowerby II, 1840) Synonym: Lepidopleurus cancellatus.
Leptochiton gascognensis
Kaas & Belle, 1985
Leptochiton leloupi Kaas,
1979 Southern/western distribution.
Leptochiton sarsi Kaas,
1981 A northern species not yet recorded in area. Synonym: Lepidopleurus
cancellatus G O Sars, 1878, non Chiton cancellatus G B Sowerby II, 1840.
Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys,
1880) Synonym: Lepidopleurus scabridus.
Leptochiton tenuis Kaas,
1979 Southern/western distribution.
Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826
Lepidopleurus cajetanus
(Poli, 1791) Southern/western distribution.
Hanleyidae
Hanleya J E Gray, 1857
Hanleya hanleyi (Bean in
Thorpe, 1844)
Hanleya nagelfar (Lovén,
1846) A northern species usually in deep water. See Kaas & Belle (1985a)
and Warén & Klitgaard (1991) for discussion of its taxonomic
status. Synonym: H. abyssorum (G O Sars, 1878).
Ischnochitonidae
Ischnochitoninae
Ischnochiton J E Gray, 1847
Ischnochiton (Stenosemus)
Middendorff, 1847
Ischnochiton albus (Linnaeus,
1767)
Ischnochiton exaratus (G
O Sars, 1878) A northern species.
Callochitoninae
Callochiton J E Gray, 1847
Callochiton septemvalvis
(Montagu, 1803)
Lepidochitoninae
Lepidochitona J E Gray,
1821
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona)
J E Gray, 1821
Lepidochitona cinerea
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Tonicella Carpenter, 1873
Tonicella marmorea (O Fabricius,
1780)
Tonicella rubra (Linnaeus,
1767)
Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitoninae
Acanthochitona J E Gray,
1821
Acanthochitona crinita
(Pennant, 1777)
Acanthochitona fascicularis
(Linnaeus, 1767)
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