Tonicella
Genus of molluscs
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Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.[1]
| Tonicella | |
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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: | Tonicellidae |
| Genus: | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780 | |
| Species | |
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The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).[2]
Species
Species within the genus Tonicella include:
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 | Tonicella insignis | coastal region of Alaska to Oregon in North America[3][4] The shell protects themselves from predators by blending their body into the environment. The special white line on T. insignis is one of the most distinguish characteristic which only exist on the second to the seventh valve.[5] |
| Tonicella lineata | from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to San Miguel Island of California, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk of Russia and northern Japan. |
 | Tonicella lokii | Eastern Central Pacific |
| Tonicella marmorea | the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. | |
| Tonicella solidior | ||
| Tonicella squamigera | ||
| Tonicella submarmorea | Sea of Okhotsk | |
 | Tonicella undocaerulea | from Kodiak, Alaska to Point Conception, California. |
| Tonicella venusta | Monterey Bay, California | |
| Tonicella zotini | ||
