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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.
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
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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.