Tonicella | |
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Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Tonicellidae |
Genus: | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 |
Type species | |
Chiton marmoreusFabricius, 1780 | |
Species | |
See text. |
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 within the genus Tonicella include:
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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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 | 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 | Eastern Central Pacific | |
Tonicella marmorea | the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. | |
Tonicella solidior | ||
Tonicella squamigera | ||
Tonicella submarmorea | Sea of Okhotsk | |
Tonicella undocaerulea | from Kodiak, Alaska to Point Conception, California. | |
Tonicella venusta | Monterey Bay, California | |
Tonicella zotini | ||
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