Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Belknapchiton alveolus		Northern Atlantic and Ind	4 DL	1846
Hanleyella asiatica		Arctic and Northern Pacif		1973
Hanleyella henrici		Northwest Pacific		2018
Hanleyella japonica		Northwest Pacific		1997
Hanleyella oldroydi		Eastern Pacific. Tropica	0.8 BL	1919
Lepidopleurus asellus		Northeast Atlantic.
Lepidopleurus cajetanus		Eastern Atlantic and the	2.5 TL	1791
Lepidopleurus cancellatus		North Atlantic.
Lepidopleurus dorsuosus		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Lepidopleurus nierstraszi		Western Indian Ocean		1981
Lepidopleurus pergranatus		Western Central Atlantic	1.2 TL	1889
Leptochiton africanus		Mediterranean Sea.		1906
Leptochiton albemarlensis		Southeast Pacific	1.0 TL	1977
Leptochiton algesirensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1859
Leptochiton americanus		Eastern Pacific	1.5 TL	1985
Leptochiton arcticus		Northeast Atlantic		1878
Leptochiton asellus		Northeast Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1791
Leptochiton ater		Northwest Pacific		1997
Leptochiton batialis		Northwest Pacific	2.5 TL	1979
Leptochiton belknapi		Northwest Pacific		1878
Leptochiton binghami		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 TL	1928
Leptochiton boettgeri		Mediterranean Sea.		1934
Leptochiton boucheti		Western Central Pacific		2001
Leptochiton cancellatus		Northeast Atlantic and th	0.8 DL	1840
Leptochiton chariessa		Southeast Atlantic	1.3 TL	1963
Leptochiton cimicoides		Mediterranean Sea.		1879
Leptochiton curvatus		Northwest Pacific	0.9 TL	1892
Leptochiton darioi		Southwest Atlantic	0.6 TL	1973
Leptochiton deecresswellae		Southwest Pacific		2002
Leptochiton deforgesi		Western Central Pacific;		2001
Leptochiton denhartogi		Southeast Atlantic		2003
Leptochiton diomedeae		Northwest Pacific	1.5 TL	1917
Leptochiton eugenei		Western Indian Ocean		1893
Leptochiton fairchildi		Southwest Pacific		1929
Leptochiton finlayi		Southwest Pacific		1929
Leptochiton fuliginatus		Northwest Pacific	1.4 TL	1847
Leptochiton gascognensis		Northeast Atlantic		1985
Leptochiton geronensis		Mediterranean	0.6 TL	1985
Leptochiton habei		Northeast Pacific		1997
Leptochiton hakodatensis		Northwest Pacific	2.1 TL	1909
Leptochiton hirasei		Northwest Pacific	0.5 TL	1929
Leptochiton hiriensis		Southwest Pacific		2006
Leptochiton incongruus		Eastern Central Pacific	1.5 TL	1908
Leptochiton inquinatus		Southwest Pacific		1847
Leptochiton japonicus	Ivory chiton	Northwest Pacific	2 BL	1909
Leptochiton jordanensis		South Jordan.		2004
Leptochiton kerguelensis	Cryptic sea cradle	Southern Ocean. Subtropi		1886
Leptochiton latidens		Northwest Pacific		1933
Leptochiton leloupi		Northeast Atlantic	0.4 DL	1979
Leptochiton lifuensis		Western Central Pacific		1931
Leptochiton lineatus		Western Central Pacific	1.7 TL	1905
Leptochiton longispinus		Northeast Pacific		2001
Leptochiton medinae	Small pale sea cradle	Southeast Pacific	1 TL	1899
Leptochiton myeikensis		Southeast Pacific		2021
Leptochiton nexus		Eastern Pacific	2.5 TL	1864
Leptochiton norfolcensis		Southwest Pacific		1912
Leptochiton odhneri		Eastern Central Atlantic		1931
Leptochiton okamurai		Northwest Pacific		2001
Leptochiton otagoensis		Southwest Pacific		1929
Leptochiton pepezamorai		Northeast Atlantic		2004
Leptochiton permodestus		Western Indian Ocean.		1985
Leptochiton persianus		Western Indian Ocean.		2022
Leptochiton rarinota		Northeast Atlantic.		1882
Leptochiton rissoi		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL	1905
Leptochiton ronaldi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1893
Leptochiton rugatus		Pacific Ocean	1.6 TL	1892
Leptochiton saitoi		Western Central Pacific		2001
Leptochiton sarsi		Northeast Atlantic		1981
Leptochiton scabridus		Northeast Atlantic		1880
Leptochiton seishinmaruae		Northeast Pacific		1997
Leptochiton subantarcticus		Southwest Pacific		1930
Leptochiton subrugatus		Southwest Pacific		2021
Leptochiton surugensis		Northeast Pacific		1997
Leptochiton sykesi		Southeast Atlantic	2.3 TL	1903
Leptochiton tahitiensis		Southeast Atlantic		2020
Leptochiton tenuidontus		Northwest Pacific		1990
Leptochiton tenuis		Northeast Atlantic	0.3 DL	1979
Leptochiton textilis		Southwest Pacific		1936
Leptochiton thalattius		Northeast Atlantic Ocean	1 TL	1985
Leptochiton thandari		Western Central Pacific		2001
Leptochiton torishimensis		Northwest Pacific		1984
Leptochiton troncosoi		Northeast Atlantic		2004
Leptochiton vanbellei		Western Central Pacific		2001
Leptochiton verconis		Western Central Pacific		1939
Leptochiton vietnamensis		Northwest Pacific		1998
Oldroydia bidentata		Northwest Pacific	4.5 BL	1938
Oldroydia percrassa		Eastern Central Pacific	3.2 TL	1894
Parachiton acuminatus		Western Central Pacific		1909
Parachiton communis		Northwest Pacific		1996
Parachiton eos		Northwest Pacific		1996
Parachiton fornix		Western Central Pacific	1.8 BL	1985
Parachiton hodgsoni		Western Indian Ocean and		2000
Parachiton indecorus		Western Indian Ocean		1990
Parachiton mauricejayi		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Parachiton mestayerae		Southwest Pacific		1914
Parachiton politus		Northwest Pacific		1996

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Leptochitonidae (See list of species below)

Family: Leptochitonidae

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