Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Rapa, the southernmost island of Polynesia Schwabe, Enrico Lozouet, Pierre Zoosystema 2006 28 3 617 633 7NSNY Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus 1758 [332,580,1636,1662] Polyplacophora Chitonidae Chiton Animalia Chitonida 5 622 Mollusca genus    TYPESPECIES. —  Chiton tuberculatusLinnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation ( Dall 1879).  DISTRIBUTION. — Members of the genus are distributed worldwide, mainly in tropical waters, Cretaceous- Recent. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Rapa