WoRMS taxon details

Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846)

386353  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386353)

accepted
Species
Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

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  1. Subspecies Mopalia muscosa laevior Pilsbry, 1918 accepted as Mopalia vespertina (A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Subspecies Mopalia muscosa lignosa (A. Gould, 1846) accepted as Mopalia lignosa (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  3. Variety Mopalia muscosa var. porifera Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Mopalia porifera Pilsbry, 1893 (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 142. [details]   
Type locality contained in Puget Sound  
type locality contained in Puget Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386353 on 2024-04-19
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2009-03-23 07:54:34Z
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2009-03-23 08:24:45Z
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2023-10-04 16:39:55Z
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original description  (of Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 142. [details]   

original description  (of Chiton colliei Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]   

original description  (of Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 530 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English mossy mopaliamossy chiton  [details]
German Moos-Käferschnecke  [details]