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Tonicella
Tonicella-lineata.jpg
Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Tonicellidae
Genus: Tonicella
Carpenter, 1873
Type species
Chiton marmoreusFabricius, 1780
Species

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Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons. [1]

The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive). [2]

Species

Species within the genus Tonicella include:

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Tonicella insignis.jpg Tonicella insignis coastal region of Alaska to Oregon in North America [3] [4] The shell protects themselves from predators by blending their body into the environment. [5] The special white line on T. insignis is one of the most distinguish characteristic which only exist on the second to the seventh valve. [5]
Tonicella-lineata.jpg Tonicella lineata from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to San Miguel Island of California, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk of Russia and northern Japan.
Tonicella lokii in California.jpg Tonicella lokii Eastern Central Pacific
Tonicella marmorea the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Tonicella solidior
Tonicella squamigera
Tonicella submarmorea Sea of Okhotsk
Tonicella-undocaerulea.jpg Tonicella undocaerulea from Kodiak, Alaska to Point Conception, California.
Tonicella venusta Monterey Bay, California
Tonicella zotini

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicella Carpenter, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138090 on 2022-06-22
  2. AFSC/RACE – Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata
  3. Lamb, Andy & Handy, Bernard P. Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest Harbour Publishing 2005
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