WoRMS taxon details
Onithochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
205084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205084)
accepted
Genus
Chiton undulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (type by subsequent monotypy)
Anthochiton (Nodiplax) Beu, 1967 · unaccepted
Chiton (Onithochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Nodiplax Beu, 1967 · unaccepted (synonym)
Onithella Mackay, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Onitochiton [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pristochiton Clessin, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tonicia (Onithoplax) Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton amicorum (Baird, 1873)
- Species Onithochiton ashbyi Bednall & E. H. Matthews, 1906
- Species Onithochiton discrepans Hedley & Hull, 1912
- Species Onithochiton erythraeus Thiele, 1909
- Species Onithochiton gotoi Van Belle, 1993
- Species Onithochiton helenae (Mackay, 1933)
- Species Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry, 1901
- Species Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
- Species Onithochiton lyellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863)
- Species Onithochiton maklayi Sirenko, 2019
- Species Onithochiton margueritae Kaas, Van Belle & Strack, 2006
- Species Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
- Species Onithochiton noemiae (Rochebrune, 1884)
- Species Onithochiton oliveri Iredale, 1914
- Species Onithochiton quercinus (A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Onithochiton societatis Thiele, 1909
- Species Onithochiton stracki Sirenko, 2012
- Species Onithochiton vandingeneni Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020
- Species Onithochiton astrolabei Rochebrune, 1881 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton caliginosus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)
- Species Onithochiton decipiens Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton filholi Rochebrune, 1881 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton isipingoensis Sykes, 1901 accepted as Craspedochiton isipingoensis (Sykes, 1901) (original combination)
- Species Onithochiton lyelli (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) accepted as Onithochiton maillardi (Deshayes, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misinterpretation according to Kaas et al. 2006)
- Species Onithochiton margaritiferum Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Calloplax janeirensis (J. E. Gray, 1828)
- Species Onithochiton marmoratus Wissel, 1904 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton nodosus Suter, 1907 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton opiniosus Iredale & Hull, 1932 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton pruinosum Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Stenoplax purpurascens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Species Onithochiton rhygophilum Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Callochiton doriae (Capellini, 1859)
- Species Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, 1867 accepted as Onithochiton quercinus (A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Onithochiton scholvieni Thiele, 1910 accepted as Onithochiton quercinus (A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Onithochiton semisculptus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onithochiton undulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted as Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 (invalid: not Fischer, 1807, nor Olfers, 1818, nor Wood, 1828)
- Species Onithochiton wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65, 68 [details]
page(s): 65, 68 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onithochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205084 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65, 68 [details]
original description (of Onithella Mackay, 1933) Mackay, J. S. (1933). A new loricate from north Queensland. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 7: 345-348.
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Pristochiton Clessin, 1904) Clessin, S. (1843-1904). Die Familie Chitonidae. <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> 6 (4): 1-135.
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Tonicia (Onithoplax) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 3 [1909]; 115 [1910] [details]
original description (of Anthochiton (Nodiplax) Beu, 1967) Beu, A. G. (1967). Notes on New Zealand chitons (Mollusca, Amphineura). <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 1: 475-481.
page(s): 479 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 65, 68 [details]
original description (of Onithella Mackay, 1933) Mackay, J. S. (1933). A new loricate from north Queensland. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 7: 345-348.
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Pristochiton Clessin, 1904) Clessin, S. (1843-1904). Die Familie Chitonidae. <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> 6 (4): 1-135.
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Tonicia (Onithoplax) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 3 [1909]; 115 [1910] [details]
original description (of Anthochiton (Nodiplax) Beu, 1967) Beu, A. G. (1967). Notes on New Zealand chitons (Mollusca, Amphineura). <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 1: 475-481.
page(s): 479 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
Other
additional source
Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=ltD7EAAAQBAJ [details]
additional source O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 141-154.</em> [details]
additional source O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 141-154.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
