---
title: "Black Leather Chiton"
description: "Katharina tunicata — Outros animais. Katharina tunicata , commonly known as the black Katy chiton, black leather chiton, black chiton, leather chiton, or Kasuqix in the indigenous Aleut language, is a species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-leather-chiton
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Leather Chiton

> Katharina tunicata — Outros animais. Katharina tunicata , commonly known as the black Katy chiton, black leather chiton, black chiton, leather chiton, or Kasuqix in the indigenous Aleut language, is a species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

- Scientific name: *Katharina tunicata*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5564
- Wikidata: [Q3073419](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3073419)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47632)

## Names

- en: Black Leather Chiton

## Countries with the most observations

US (3452), CA (1982)

## Summary

Katharina tunicata , commonly known as the black Katy chiton, black leather chiton, black chiton, leather chiton, or Kasuqix in the indigenous Aleut language, is a species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Katharina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_tunicata

## Photo

![Black Leather Chiton](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-leather-chiton/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/276428176

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-leather-chiton?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).