MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879)

ERMS taxon details

Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879)

Leptochiton cimicoides (di Monterosato, 1879)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 2.0 mm) [SEM].

AphiaID

140202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140202)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879

Synonymised names

Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879 · unaccepted (original combination)

Lepidopleurus intermedius Salvini-Plawen, 1968 · unaccepted (original combination)

Leptochiton intermedius (Salvini-Plawen, 1968) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1879). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle conchiglie mediterranee - Monografia dei Chitonidi del Mediterraneo. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche, Palermo. 14: 9–31 [December 31st, 1879]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35334047
page(s): 24 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140202 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140202 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-05-22 00:49:12Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Lepidopleurus intermedius Salvini-Plawen, 1968) Salvini-Plawen L. von (1968). Neue formen in marinen Mesopsammon: Kamptozoa und Aciculifera (nebst der für die Adria neuen Sandfauna). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 72: 231-272, available online at http://zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_72_0231-0272.pdf
page(s): 251-258 [details]

original description (of Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1879). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle conchiglie mediterranee - Monografia dei Chitonidi del Mediterraneo. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche, Palermo. 14: 9–31 [December 31st, 1879]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35334047
page(s): 24 [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]

subsequent type designation Dell'Angelo, B.; Palazzi, S. (1987). Considerazioni sulla Famiglia Leptochitonidae Dall, 1869 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). II. Ridescrizione di Leptochiton cimicoides (Monterosato, 1879). Bollettino Malacologico. 23 (1-4): 95-105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49931289
note: lectotype designated [details]

+−

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed
North Atlantic Ocean

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptochiton intermedius) (from synonym Leptochiton intermedius (Salvini-Plawen, 1968))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Leptochiton intermedius (Salvini-Plawen, 1968))
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus intermedius Salvini-Plawen, 1968)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton intermedius (Salvini-Plawen, 1968))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lepidopleurus intermedius Salvini-Plawen, 1968)

From editor or global species database

Leptochiton cimicoides (di Monterosato, 1879)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 2.0 mm) [SEM].