Deep-Sea taxon details
Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847
152686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152686)
accepted
Genus
Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lophyrus Poli, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Stenosemus delicatus (Kaas, 1991)
- Species Stenosemus exaratus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
- Species Stenosemus gallaecus (Carmona Zalvide, Urgorri & F. J. García, 2001)
- Species Stenosemus johnstoni (Cotton, 1937)
- Species Stenosemus mexicanus (Kaas, 1993)
- Species Stenosemus robustus (Kaas, 1991)
- Species Stenosemus simplicissimus (Thiele, 1906)
- Species Stenosemus stearnsii (Dall, 1902)
- Species Stenosemus vanbellei (Kaas, 1985)
- Species Stenosemus vitreolus (Kaas, 1985)
- Species Stenosemus chiversi A. J. Ferreira, 1981 accepted as Carinichiton chiversi (A. J. Ferreira, 1981) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of ) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 98 (offprint: 34) [details]
page(s): 98 (offprint: 34) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152686 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152686 on 2026-09-10
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(of ) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 98 (offprint: 34) [details]
original description (of Lophyrus Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 1: 2 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 115 [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. & Schwabe, E. (2026). A review of the chitons of the genus <i>Stenosemus</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Southern Hemisphere. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5814(3): 301-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.3.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 153 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Winckworth, R. (1926). Notes on British Mollusca. 1. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 18, 13–15, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.406513
page(s): 15 [details]
page(s): 98 (offprint: 34) [details]
original description (of Lophyrus Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 1: 2 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 115 [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. & Schwabe, E. (2026). A review of the chitons of the genus <i>Stenosemus</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Southern Hemisphere. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5814(3): 301-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.3.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 153 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Winckworth, R. (1926). Notes on British Mollusca. 1. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 18, 13–15, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.406513
page(s): 15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stenosemus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stenosemus sp. body anterior end)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stenosemus sp. body dorsal view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stenosemus sp. body anterior end)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stenosemus sp. body dorsal view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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