African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758

AfReMaS name details

Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

385597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385597)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

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Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (superseded combination)
Species Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981) represented as Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
Species Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 667 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385597 on 2025-12-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385597 on 2025-12-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-01-25 19:14:35Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-29 20:48:12Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Chiton Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 667 [details] Available for editors