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Lepidochitona
Sign in to saveLepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae, and Lepidochitonidae.
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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Lepidochitona, and connects out to Polyplacophora, Animalia and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Chiton genera and Ischnochitonidae.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassPolyplacophora
- OrderChitonida
- FamilyTonicellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 362
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Tonicellidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, LACM
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Bahrain, France, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ischnochitonidae
- Image
- Lepidochitona cinerea.JPG
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- Commons category
- Lepidochitona
- taxon name
- Lepidochitona
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae, and Lepidochitonidae.
L. raymondi is the only hermaphroditic polyplacophoran.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepidochitona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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Polyplacophora
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Animalia
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Mollusca
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Encyclopedia of Life
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hermaphrodite
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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type species
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iNaturalist
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World Register of Marine Species
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Paleobiology Database
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Barcode of Life Data Systems
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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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National Biodiversity Network
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