Stenosemus is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae.[1]

Stenosemus
Shell of Stenosemus nitens (MNHN-IM-2013-45830) 001.jpeg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Stenosemus
Middendorff, 1847
Type species
Chiton albus Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Chiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff, 1847
  • Chondropleura Thiele, 1906
  • Ischnochiton (Chondropleura) Thiele, 1906
  • Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff, 1847 ·
  • Lepidopleuroides Thiele, 1928 (objective synonym)
  • Lophyrochiton Yakovleva, 1952 (objective synonym)
  • Lophyrus G.O. Sars, 1878

Taxonomy

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This genus is only tentatively placed in Ischnochitonidae.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152686 on 2022-06-22
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