Thermochiton

Thermochiton
Shell of Thermochiton papuaensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Suborder:	Chitonina
Family:	Ischnochitonidae
Genus:	Thermochiton Saito & Okutani, 1990
Type species
Thermochiton undocostatusSaito & Okutani, 1990

Thermochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae. ^[1]

Species

• Thermochiton papuaensis Sirenko, 2020
• Thermochiton undocostatus Saito & Okutani, 1990
• Thermochiton xui H. Wang, J. L. Zhang & Sirenko, 2022

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thermochiton Saito & Okutani, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385552 on 2022-09-27

• Saito, O.; Okutani, T. (1990). Two New Chitons (Mollusca:Polyplacophora) from a Hydrothermal Vent Site of the Iheya Small Ridge, Okinawa Trough, East China Sea. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(3): 165-179