MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

WoRMS taxon details

Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

AphiaID

385845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Parachiton Thiele, 1909

Original name

Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906

Synonymised names

Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)

Lepidopleurus thielei Sulc, 1934 † · unaccepted (synonym)

Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385845 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]

original description (of Lepidopleurus thielei Sulc, 1934 †) Šulc, J. (1934). Studien über die fossilen Chitonen. I. Die fossilen Chitonen in Neogen des Wiener Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 47: 1-131. [details] Available for editors