Species under Lepidochitona
n= 28
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Lepidochitona aleutica
(Dall, 1879)
Northern Pacific
Lepidochitona beanii
(Carpenter, 1864)
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona berryana
Eernisse, 1986
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona caboverdensis
Kaas & Strack, 1986
Eastern Central Atlantic
Lepidochitona canariensis
(Thiele, 1909)
Mediterranean Sea
Lepidochitona caprearum
(Scacchi, 1836)
Mediterranean Sea
Lepidochitona caverna
Eernisse, 1986
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona cinerea
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Lepidochitona corteziana
Clark, 2000
Eastern Central Pacific
Lepidochitona dentiens
(Gould, 1846)
Gould's baby chiton Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona dicksae
Sirenko & Hayes, 1999
Southeast Atlantic
Lepidochitona fernaldi
Eernisse, 1986
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona flectens
(Carpenter, 1864)
Eastern Pacific 2.5
Lepidochitona furtiva
(Monterosato, 1879)
Mediterranean Sea
Lepidochitona gothica
(Carpenter, 1864)
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona hartwegii
(Carpenter, 1855)
Hartweg's chiton Eastern Pacific 3.8
Lepidochitona keepiana
Berry, 1948
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona liozonis
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Carribean red chiton Western Central Atlantic 1.27
Lepidochitona lowei
(Pilsbry, 1918)
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona monterosatoi
Kaas & van Belle, 1981
Mediterranean
Lepidochitona piceola
(Shuttleworth, 1853)
Eastern Atlantic 1
Lepidochitona rolani
Kaas & Strack, 1986
Eastern Central Pacific
Lepidochitona rosea
Kaas, 1972
Western Atlantic 0.47
Lepidochitona semilirata
(Berry, 1927)
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona severianoi
Carmona Zalvide & Garcia, 2000
Northeast Atlantic
Lepidochitona simrothi
(Thiele, 1902)
Northeast Atlantic 0.8
Lepidochitona thamnopora
(Berry, 1911)
Eastern Pacific
Lepidochitona thomasi
(Pilsbry, 1898)
Eastern Pacific
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