WoRMS taxon details
Belknapchiton Sirenko, H. Saito & Schwabe, 2022
1610473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610473)
accepted
Genus
Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878 accepted as Belknapchiton belknapi (Dall, 1878) (type by original designation)
- Species Belknapchiton aequispinus (Bergenhayn, 1933)
- Species Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)
- Species Belknapchiton ater (H. Saito, 1997)
- Species Belknapchiton australis Sirenko, 2023
- Species Belknapchiton belknapi (Dall, 1878)
- Species Belknapchiton benthus (Haddon, 1886)
- Species Belknapchiton bergenhayni (H. Saito, 2011)
- Species Belknapchiton costatoacus (Sirenko, 2020)
- Species Belknapchiton fijiensis (Sirenko, 2016)
- Species Belknapchiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Species Belknapchiton halistreptus (Dall, 1902)
- Species Belknapchiton japonicus (Thiele, 1909)
- Species Belknapchiton kaasi (Sirenko, 1990)
- Species Belknapchiton macleani (Sirenko, 2015)
- Species Belknapchiton mutschkeae (Sirenko, 2015)
- Species Belknapchiton okamurai (H. Saito, 2001)
- Species Belknapchiton opiparus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
- Species Belknapchiton seishinmaruae (H. Saito, 1997)
- Species Belknapchiton sigwartae (Sirenko, 2015)
- Species Belknapchiton similis (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Belknapchiton simplex (Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Species Belknapchiton taiwanensis (Sirenko, 2018)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of <i>Leptochiton belknapi</i> Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus <i>Belknapchiton</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(2): 101-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.2.1
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Belknapchiton Sirenko, H. Saito & Schwabe, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610473 on 2026-09-23
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original description
Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of <i>Leptochiton belknapi</i> Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus <i>Belknapchiton</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(2): 101-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.2.1
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additional source
Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
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