Onithochiton

{{Short description|Genus of chitons}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Onithochiton neglectus 1.jpg

|image_alt = "Onithochiton neglectus" collected in Russell, New Zealand

|image_caption = Onithochiton neglectus collected in Russell, New Zealand

|taxon = Onithochiton

|authority = Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

|type_species = Chiton undulatus

|type_species_authority = Quoy and Gaimard, 1835{{cite journal|first=M. H. B.|last=O'Neill|year=1985|title=A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|volume=12|issue=1|pages=141–154|doi=10.1080/03014223.1985.10428273|doi-access=free}}

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|synonyms =

  • Nodiplax Beu, 1967
  • Onithella Mackay, 1933
  • Onithoplax Thiele, 1909
  • Onitochiton Rochebrune, 1884 (Spelling variation)
  • Pristochiton Clessin, 1904
  • Tonicia (Onithoplax) Thiele, 1909

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text.

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Onithochiton is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae, which is distributed from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Onithochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205084 on 2021-11-09

Species

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Onithochiton astrolabei Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton caliginosus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)
  • Onithochiton decipiens Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton filholi Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton isipingoensis Sykes, 1901: synonym of Craspedochiton isipingoensis (Sykes, 1901) (original combination)
  • Onithochiton lyelli G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863) (misinterpretation according to Kaas et al. 2006)
  • Onithochiton margaritiferum Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Calloplax janeirensis (Gray, 1828): synonym of Rhyssoplax janeirensis (Gray, 1828)
  • Onithochiton marmoratus Wissel, 1904: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton nodosus Suter, 1907: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton opiniosus Iredale & Hull, 1932: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton pruinosum Rochebrune, 1884: synonym of Stenoplax purpurascens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, 1867: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)
  • Onithochiton scholvieni Thiele, 1909: synonym of Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)
  • Onithochiton semisculptus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton undulatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839): synonym of Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
  • Onithochiton wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Onithochiton literatus (F. Krauss, 1848)

References

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  • Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp
  • O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 141-154.
  • [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Onithochiton Discover Life]
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}