Tonicella

Taxobox
name = Lined Chitons

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image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Tonicella lineata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Neoloricata
familia = Lepidochitonidae
genus = "Tonicella"
genus_authority = Carpenter, 1873
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"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). [ [http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Kodiak/photo/mistonicella.htm AFSC/RACE - Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata ] ]

pecies in the genus "Tonicella"

* "Tonicella insignis"
* "Tonicella lineata"
* "Tonicella lokii"
* "Tonicella marmorea"
* "Tonicella rubra"
* "Tonicella sitkensis"
* "Tonicella submarmorea"
* "Tonicella undocaerulea"
* "Tonicella venusta"

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