Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Radsia sulcatus
chiton, Quiton
length: 50-100 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), rocky coast, midlittoral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Suborder
Chitonina
Superfamily
Chitonoidea
Family
Chitonidae
Genus
Radsia
Species
sulcatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chiton sulcatus W. Wood, 1815, Chiton woodii Clessin, 1903 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Clarion (Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico) and Ecuador (Galápagos Islands).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Radsia sulcatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12126. Accessed 3 November 2026.