Some descriptions and ranges are taken from the following selected references:
Kaas, Piet & Richard A. VanBelle, Monograph of Living Chitons, 5 volumes, E.J.Brill, Leiden, 1985-1994.
Pilsbry, Henry Manual of Conchology, Polyplacophora, Volumes XIV & XV, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1892/1893

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Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Range: Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic coasts from Spain & Portugal to Canary Islands

Leptochiton algerisensis (Capellini, 1859)
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Range: Portugal to Western half of Mediterranean Sea, NW coast of Africa to Madeira and Canary Islands.

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Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Atlantic coasts of Europe (Norway to Canary Islands), Mediterranean Sea east to Alexandria, parts of Red Sea.

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Lepidochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: NE Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, North Sea, British islands, France & Spain.

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Lepidochitona cinerea (Linneaus, 1767)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: British and Scandinavian Seas, north to Lofoten, soouth to Bay of Kiel and Vigo Bay

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Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, southern coast of Portugal and Spain.

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Lepidochitona monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Southern coast of France, Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea.

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Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1791)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: West coast of Iberian Peninsula and also Cabo Frios, Brazil to Cape Horn.

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Ischnochiton rissoi (Payraudeau, 1826)
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Range: Medditerranean Sea

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Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836
CHITONIDAE
Range:

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Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)
CHITONIDAE
Range:

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Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
CHITONIDAE
Range: Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas; Cape Verde Island

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Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range:

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Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: Channel Islands to Morocco and Madeira; Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.

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Acanthochiton fascicularis (Linneaus, 1767)
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Range: Finmark and Great Britain, south to Magador; off the Strait of Gilbralter; Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.

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