NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Leptochitonidae
  Suborder - Lepidopleurina
  Order - Lepidopleurida
  Subclass - Neoloricata
  Class - Polyplacophora
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptochiton belknapi
      Species - Leptochiton oldroydi
      Species - Leptochiton internexus
      Species - Leptochiton rugatus
      Species - Leptochiton alveolus
      Species - Leptochiton dentiens
      Species - Leptochiton nexus
      Species - Leptochiton asellus
      Species - Leptochiton cancellatus
      Species - Leptochiton gascognensis
      Species - Leptochiton leloupi
      Species - Leptochiton rarinota
      Species - Leptochiton sarsi
      Species - Leptochiton scabridus
      Species - Leptochiton tenuis
      Species - Leptochiton arcticus