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 - Ischnochitonidae
  Suborder - Ischnochitonina
  Order - Chitonida
  Subclass - Neoloricata
  Class - Polyplacophora
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lepidochitona sharpeii
      Species - Lepidochitona liozonis
      Species - Lepidochitona cinerea
      Species - Lepidochitona aleutica
      Species - Lepidochitona beanii
      Species - Lepidochitona dentiens
      Species - Lepidochitona flectens
      Species - Lepidochitona hartwegii
      Species - Lepidochitona lowei
      Species - Lepidochitona keepiana
      Species - Lepidochitona berryana
      Species - Lepidochitona caverna
      Species - Lepidochitona fernaldi
      Species - Lepidochitona gothica
      Species - Lepidochitona semilirata
      Species - Lepidochitona thamnopora
      Species - Lepidochitona thomasi