Chiton (genus)

Chiton; Temporal range:
	Chiton glaucus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Chitonidae
Subfamily:	Chitoninae
Genus:	Chiton; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Chiton tuberculatus; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893; Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternate representation; Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791; Chiton (Sclerochiton) Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera)); Oscabrion Herrmannsen, 1847 (refers to Oscabrion Petiver, 1702); Sclerochiton Dall, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Sclerochiton Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera) );

Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.

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