MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)

ERMS name details

Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)

AphiaID

140197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140197)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846

Environment

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

Original description

(of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140197 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140197 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2019-09-10 22:04:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-11-14 04:45:16Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [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 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 Wu S.-K. & Okutani T. (1984). The deepsea chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) collected by the R/V Soyo-Maru from Japan. I. Lepidopleuridae. Venus. 43(1): 1-31. [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 RoR) [details]

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