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Lepidopleurus cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

152769  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152769)

 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton cancellatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): 167, figs. 104, 104a–b, 105 [details] 
Distribution Greenland to Gulf of Maine, including Cobscook Bay  
Distribution Greenland to Gulf of Maine, including Cobscook Bay [details]

Taxonomy Family: Lepidopleuridae, according to Trott (2004).  
Taxonomy Family: Lepidopleuridae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lepidopleurus cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152769 on 2024-11-24
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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
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2015-12-07 14:09:42Z
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original description (of Chiton cancellatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): 167, figs. 104, 104a–b, 105 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Benthem Jutting, T. van; Engel, H. (1936). Fauna van Nederland, Aflevering VIII. Mollusca (I)B. Gastropoda Opisthobranchia; Amphineura et Scaphopoda. [details] 

additional source Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p. [details] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

source of synonymy Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet herbivores [details]

Dimensions 12 mm [details]

Distribution Greenland to Gulf of Maine, including Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat shallow water or littoral forms and are usually confined to hard substrata to which they cling [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate but they are indistinguishable externally. fertilization is external and usually the eggs are shed into the water [details]

Taxonomy Family: Lepidopleuridae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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English Arctic cancellate chiton  [details]
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