WoRMS taxon details
Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
214886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214886)
accepted
Species
Chiton literatus Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton wahlbergi Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted
Onithochiton wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Onitochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling of genus)
Plaxiphora wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton literatus 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/page/13801704
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214886 on 2024-08-16
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original description
(of Chiton literatus 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/page/13801704
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Chiton wahlbergi 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/page/13801704
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 140. [details]
additional source Ferreira A.J. (1983). Researches on the coast of Somalia. The chiton fauna (Mollusca Polyplacophora). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 9: 249–297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00269786.1983.11758574
page(s): 274. [details]
additional source Kaas, P. (1979). The chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 23(3): 855–879.
page(s): 871. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565
page(s): 505. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644
page(s): 50. [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Chiton wahlbergi 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/page/13801704
page(s): 36, pl. 3, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 140. [details]
additional source Ferreira A.J. (1983). Researches on the coast of Somalia. The chiton fauna (Mollusca Polyplacophora). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 9: 249–297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00269786.1983.11758574
page(s): 274. [details]
additional source Kaas, P. (1979). The chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 23(3): 855–879.
page(s): 871. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565
page(s): 505. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644
page(s): 50. [details]
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Language | Name | |
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English | black chiton | [details] |
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