MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptochiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905)

Deep-Sea name details

Leptochiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905)

AphiaID

1521993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1521993)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Belknapchiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Orig. name

Lepidopleurus giganteus Nierstrasz, 1905

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Lepidopleurus giganteus Nierstrasz, 1905) Nierstrasz, H.F. (1905). Die Chitonen der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie. 48: 1-112, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219866
page(s): 3, figs. 1, 2, 39-42 [details]

Type data

Note 6⁰ 24’ S, 124⁰ 39’ E, 2798 m depth

Type locality 6⁰ 24’ S, 124⁰ 39’ E, 2798 m depth [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1521993 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leptochiton giganteus (Nierstrasz, 1905). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1521993 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-07-16 20:20:08Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2021-09-22 09:03:00Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-11-14 15:50:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)
Notes (1)

original description (of Lepidopleurus giganteus Nierstrasz, 1905) Nierstrasz, H.F. (1905). Die Chitonen der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie. 48: 1-112, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219866
page(s): 3, figs. 1, 2, 39-42 [details]

status source Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. Zootaxa. 4033 (2): 151-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1
note: treated as valid species [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database

Type locality 6⁰ 24’ S, 124⁰ 39’ E, 2798 m depth [details]