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Tonicellidae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Polyplacophora › Chitonida › Tonicellidae

Tonicella lineata (W.Wood, 1815)

Tonicella lineata is a colorful Pacific chiton that grows up to 5 cm long, found from Alaska to California and Northeast Asia.

Tonicella lokii R.N.Clark, 1999

Tonicella lokii is a species of chiton with distinct patterned valves and a hairless, colored girdle.

Tonicella undocaerulea Sirenko, 1973

Tonicella undocaerulea, the blue-lined chiton, is a Pacific coast chiton with distinct blue markings found on rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal shores.

Tonicella marmorea (O.Fabricius, 1780)

Tonicella marmorea is a chiton species found in Arctic and North Atlantic waters, living on rocky and pebbly seabeds.

Tonicella insignis (Reeve, 1847)

Tonicella insignis is a distinguishable eight-valve chiton found along the North American Pacific coast from Alaska to Oregon.

Cyanoplax dentiens (A.Gould, 1846)

Cyanoplax dentiens, or Gould's baby chiton, is a small, highly variably colored common chiton from the US west coast.

Cyanoplax hartwegii (P.P.Carpenter, 1856)

Cyanoplax hartwegii is a small Eastern Pacific chiton that lives in intertidal to shallow subtidal zones.

Cyanoplax keepiana (S.S.Berry, 1948)

Cyanoplax keepiana (Keep's chiton) is a small chiton species native to the Pacific coast of North America.

Nuttallina californica (Reeve, 1847)

Nuttallina californica is a chiton species endemic to the Pacific coast of North America from California to Baja California.

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Lepidochitona cinerea is a broadly oval mollusc up to 24 mm long, found in the North and Black Seas.

Related Families

Ischnochitonidae 10 species Mopaliidae 10 species Chitonidae 9 species Acanthochitonidae 7 species Chaetopleuridae 2 species Cryptoplacidae 1 species

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