Tonicella
Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons. The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).[1]
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| Tonicella lineata live and in situ, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Ischnochitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Lepidochitoninae |
| Genus: | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 |
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Species
Species within the genus Tonicella include:
- Tonicella insignis
- Tonicella lineata
- Tonicella lokii
- Tonicella marmorea
- Tonicella rubra
- Tonicella sitkensis
- Tonicella submarmorea
- Tonicella undocaerulea
- Tonicella venusta
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