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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).

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lined Chiton

speciesTonicella lineata

Flame Lined Chiton

speciesTonicella lokii

Remarkable Red Chiton

speciesTonicella insignis

Blue Lined Chiton

speciesTonicella undocaerulea

Mottled Red Chiton

speciesTonicella marmorea

Tonicella venusta

speciesTonicella venusta

Tonicella submarmorea

speciesTonicella submarmorea

Tonicella solidior

speciesTonicella solidior

Tonicella zotini

speciesTonicella zotini

Tonicella squamigera

speciesTonicella squamigera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47426.