Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Rapa, the southernmost island of Polynesia Author Schwabe, Enrico Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 Munich (Germany) enrico. schwabe @ zsm. mwn. de schwabe@zsm.mwn.de Author Lozouet, Pierre Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, case postale 51, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) lozouet @ mnhn. fr. lozouet@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2006 28 3 617 633 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5754452 1638-9387 5754452 Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 TYPE SPECIES . — Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 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