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WoRMS taxon details

Stenoplax limaciformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

AphiaID

848059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848059)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Stenoplax P. P. Carpenter, 1879

Original name

Chiton limaciformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

Synonymised names

Chiton angustus Clessin, 1904 · unaccepted

Chiton limaciformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Stenoplax (Stenoplax) limaciformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) · alternative representation

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton limaciformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 26 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stenoplax limaciformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848059 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-05-20 23:32:40Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-15 22:36:10Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chiton limaciformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Chiton angustus Clessin, 1904) Clessin, S. (1843-1904). Die Familie Chitonidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 6 (4): 1-135. [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors