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

WoRMS name details

Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

AphiaID

140195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140195)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906

Synonymised names

Lepidopleurus thielei Sulc, 1934 † · unaccepted (synonym)

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140195 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-12-10 17:41:30Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

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]

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]

additional source Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus thielei Sulc, 1934 †)