Nuttallochiton

Nuttallochiton is a genus of chitons;[1] the only one to have paired rather than fused gonads.[2]

Nuttallochiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Mopaliidae
Subfamily: Mopaliinae
Genus: Nuttallochiton
Plate, 1899
Synonyms[1]

Notochiton Thiele, 1906

Species

There are three species:[1]

  • Nuttallochiton hyadesi (Rochebrune, 1889)
  • Nuttallochiton martiali (Rochebrune, 1889)
  • Nuttallochiton mirandus (Thiele, 1906)

References
  1. 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.
  2. Kaas, P; Van Belle, R. A (1985). Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). ISBN 9789004074149.


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