Tonicella

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Lined Chitons
Tonicella lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Polyplacophora Order: Neoloricata Family: Lepidochitonidae Genus: Tonicella Carpenter, 1873
Species
Tonicella insignis Tonicella lineata Tonicella lokii Tonicella marmorea Tonicella rubra Tonicella sitkensis Tonicella submarmorea Tonicella undocaerulea Tonicella venusta

Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the Lined Chitons. From the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).^[1]

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