Leptochiton (chiton)

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs.

Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period, but there are also extant species.

Distribution
Worldwide.

Species

 * Leptochiton antarcticus Sirenko, 2015
 * Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) - type species
 * Leptochiton bergenhayni Saito, 2011
 * Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
 * Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
 * Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
 * Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
 * Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015
 * Leptochiton longisetosus Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012
 * Leptochiton longispinus Saito, 2001
 * Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990
 * Leptochiton macleani Sirenko, 2015
 * Leptochiton madagascaricus Sirenko, 2019
 * Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
 * Leptochiton muelleri Sirenko & Schwabe, 2011
 * Leptochiton mutschkeae Sirenko, 2015
 * Leptochiton myeikensis Saito & Aung, 2021
 * Leptochiton neocaledonicus Sirenko, 2016
 * Leptochiton pseudogloriosus Strack, 1991
 * Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020
 * Leptochiton rarinota (Jeffreys, 1883)
 * Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
 * Leptochiton surugensis Saito, 1997
 * Leptochiton sykesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
 * Leptochiton tahitiensis Sirenko, 2020
 * Leptochiton taiwanensis Sirenko, 2018
 * Leptochiton tenuidontus Saito & Okutani, 1990
 * Leptochiton tenuis Kaas, 1979
 * and many more