MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797

WoRMS name details

Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797

AphiaID

139129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139129)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Synonymised names

Chiton olivaceus var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Chiton polii Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subspecies Chiton olivaceus affinis Issel, 1869 accepted as Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869 accepted as Rhyssoplax affinis (Issel, 1869) (misinterpretation)
Variety Chiton olivaceus var. major Pallary, 1900 accepted as Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797 accepted as Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797) (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 73-74; pl. 6 fig. 8a [details]

Type data

Note "Barbariet" [North Africa]

Type locality "Barbariet" [North Africa] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139129 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 14:09:41Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2015-05-21 03:31:24Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-12-21 21:56:51Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 73-74; pl. 6 fig. 8a [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

additional source Leloup, E. (1934). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune des chitons de Villefranche-sur-Mer et des environs (France, Méditerranée) [Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of chitons of Villefranche-sur-Mer and the surroundings (France, Mediterranean)]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique - Mededeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België. 10 (47): 1-20., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/10-1934/irscnb_p4087_rbins21179_10_bulletin-47.pdf [details]

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