SELECTED CHITONS OF
CARIBBEAN AREA AND
THE EAST COAST OF
UNITED STATES & CANADA


Description and range for the following chitons has been taken from American Seashells by R. Tucker Abbott, 2nd Ed, 1974, Van Nostrand Rheihold Co. and/or Monograph of Living Chitons by Piet Kaas and Richard A. VanBelle (5 volumes), 1985-1994

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Lepidochitona liozonis (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Lower Florida Keys to Puerto Rico



Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius, 1780)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Greenland to Massachusetts



Tonicella rubra (Linne, 1767)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Arctic Seas to Connecticut. Europe.


Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1830)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Cape Cod, Massachusetts to both sides of Florida



Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) albus (Linne, 1767)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Arctic Seas to Massachuetts. Europe. Arctic Seas to off San Diego, California



Stenoplax floridana (Pilsbry, 1892)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Miami to Dry Tortugas, Florida



Ceratozona squalida (C.B.Adams, 1845)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: East Florida to the West Indies



Calloplax janeirensis (Gray,1828)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Palm Beach, Florida to West Indies to Brazil



Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & S.I. Smith, 1882) - see Pacific Region






Chiton marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
CHITONIDAE
Range: Southeast Florida and the West Indies



Chiton squamosus Linne, 1764
CHITONIDAE
Range: West Indies



Chiton tuberculatus Linne, 1758
CHITONIDAE
Range: Southern Florida and the West Indies. Bermuda.



Chiton viridis Spengler, 1797
CHITONIDAE
Range: West Indies



Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
CHITONIDAE
Range: South half of Florida and West Indies



Tonicia schrammi (Shuttleworth, 1856)
CHITONIDAE
Range: Southeast Florida and the West Indies. Bermuda



Cryptoconchus floridus (Dall, 1889)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: Southeast Florida to Puerto Rico and Aruba




Acanthochiton hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: Lower Florida Keys and West Indies



Acanthochitona spiculosa (Reeve, 1847)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: Southeast Florida and the West Indies