Nuttallochiton is a genus of chitons;[1] the only one to have paired rather than fused gonads.[2]
Nuttallochiton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Mopaliidae |
Subfamily: | Mopaliinae |
Genus: | Nuttallochiton Plate, 1899 |
Synonyms[1] | |
Notochiton Thiele, 1906 |
Species
editThere are three species:[1]
- Nuttallochiton hyadesi (Rochebrune, 1889)
- Nuttallochiton martiali (Rochebrune, 1889)
- Nuttallochiton mirandus (Thiele, 1906)
References
edit- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Nuttallochiton Plate, 1899". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). BRILL. ISBN 9789004074149.