Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Rapa, the southernmost island of Polynesia
Schwabe, Enrico
Lozouet, Pierre
Zoosystema
2006
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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