WoRMS taxon details
Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848)
848065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848065)
accepted
Species
Chiton oniscus F. Krauss, 1848 (original combination)
Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) oniscus (Krauss, 1848)· accepted, alternate representation
Ischnochiton eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932 (invalid: junior homonym of Ischnochiton eucosmius Dall, 1919)
Ischnochiton oniscus alfredensis Ashby, 1931 (junior synonym)
Ischnochiton oniscus var. albocarinatus W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
Ischnochiton oniscus var. aurantius W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
Ischnochiton oniscus var. pyramidalis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
Subspecies Ischnochiton oniscus alfredensis Ashby, 1931 accepted as Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
Variety Ischnochiton oniscus var. albocarinatus W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
Variety Ischnochiton oniscus var. aurantius W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
Variety Ischnochiton oniscus var. pyramidalis W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
marine
(of Chiton oniscus F. Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13936#/summary
page(s): 39, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
page(s): 39, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848065 on 2021-01-24
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original description
(of Chiton oniscus F. Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13936#/summary
page(s): 39, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 211, pl. 54, sp. 1464. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. albocarinatus W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, pl. 54, sp. 1460. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus alfredensis Ashby, 1931) Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59.
page(s): 31, pl. 5, fig. 54. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. aurantius W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, sp. 1459. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. pyramidalis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, pl. 54, sp. 1458. [details]
additional source Strack, H.L. (1996). Report on a collection of South African chitons, including the description of a new Lepidozona species. <em>Basteria.</em> 59: 127-133. [15 January 1996].
page(s): 131. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. 1928. South African Chitons, Being a Description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 18: 76-92.
page(s): 84. [details]
additional source Sirenko, B & Schwabe, E. (2002). Taxonomic notes on chitons. 2. Taxonomic status of chitons of the Ischnochiton oniscus group. <em>Spixiana.</em> 25(3): 193–198. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H.F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologischer Jarbücher.</em> 23: 487–520.
page(s): 494. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59.
page(s): 30. [details]
page(s): 39, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton eucosmia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 211, pl. 54, sp. 1464. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. albocarinatus W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, pl. 54, sp. 1460. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus alfredensis Ashby, 1931) Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59.
page(s): 31, pl. 5, fig. 54. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. aurantius W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, sp. 1459. [details]
original description (of Ischnochiton oniscus var. pyramidalis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton W.H. (1932). <i>Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa</i>. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
page(s): 210, pl. 54, sp. 1458. [details]
additional source Strack, H.L. (1996). Report on a collection of South African chitons, including the description of a new Lepidozona species. <em>Basteria.</em> 59: 127-133. [15 January 1996].
page(s): 131. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. 1928. South African Chitons, Being a Description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 18: 76-92.
page(s): 84. [details]
additional source Sirenko, B & Schwabe, E. (2002). Taxonomic notes on chitons. 2. Taxonomic status of chitons of the Ischnochiton oniscus group. <em>Spixiana.</em> 25(3): 193–198. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H.F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologischer Jarbücher.</em> 23: 487–520.
page(s): 494. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59.
page(s): 30. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dwarf chiton [from synonym] | [details] |
