Thermochiton

Thermochiton papuaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnochitonina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Polyplacophora Ordo: Ischnochitonina

Familia: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Thermochiton
Species: T. papuaensis – T. undocostatus – T. xui

Name

Thermochiton Saito & Okutani, 1990: 171

• Type species: Thermochiton undocostatus Saito & Okutani, 1990 (by original designation)

References

Primary references

• Saito, H. & Okutani, T. 1990. Two New Chitons (Mollusca:Polyplacophora) from a Hydrothermal Vent Site of the Iheya Small Ridge, Okinawa Trough, East China Sea. Venus: Japanese journal of malacology 49(3): 165–179. DOI: 10.18941/venusjjm.49.3_165 Reference page. 

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