Genus Belknapchiton Sirenko, Saito & Schwabe, 2022

Type species. Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878, by original designation (Sirenko et al. 2022).

Genus distribution. Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Pacific Ocean, from Asia to America and from Bering Sea to South Australia and New Zealand, Pliocene–Recent, 92–4600 m, mainly deeper 200 m (Sirenko et al. 2022).