Tonicella
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Tonicella | |
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Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Tonicellidae |
Genus: | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 |
Type species | |
Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780 | |
Species | |
See text. |
Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.[1]
The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).[2]
Species
Species within the genus Tonicella include:
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Tonicella insignis | coastal region of Alaska to Oregon in North America[3][4] The shell protects themselves from predators by blending their body into the environment.[5] The special white line on T. insignis is one of the most distinguish characteristic which only exist on the second to the seventh valve.[5] | |
Tonicella lineata | from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to San Miguel Island of California, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk of Russia and northern Japan. | |
Tonicella lokii | Eastern Central Pacific | |
Tonicella marmorea | the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. | |
Tonicella solidior | ||
Tonicella squamigera | ||
Tonicella submarmorea | Sea of Okhotsk | |
Tonicella undocaerulea | from Kodiak, Alaska to Point Conception, California. | |
Tonicella venusta | Monterey Bay, California | |
Tonicella zotini |
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicella Carpenter, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138090 on 2022-06-22
- ^ AFSC/RACE – Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lamb, Andy & Handy, Bernard P. Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest Harbour Publishing 2005
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. The Festivus. 41 (6): 53–100, errata.
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