Deep-Sea name details
Leptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886
152691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152691)
unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 15 (part 43): 1-50, pl. 1-3., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-43/README.htm [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152691 on 2026-05-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152691 on 2026-05-09
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Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 15 (part 43): 1-50, pl. 1-3., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-43/README.htm [details]
additional source Schwabe, E. (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). pp. 205–222 in Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (eds). Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 1–574, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1866.1.10
page(s): 213; note: treated as synonym of L. belknapi [details]
source of synonymy Van Belle, R. A. (1983-1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. <em>Vita Marina.</em> Jan.-Mrt: 9-132. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as a synonym of Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846), deemed cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
additional source Schwabe, E. (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). pp. 205–222 in Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (eds). Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 1–574, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1866.1.10
page(s): 213; note: treated as synonym of L. belknapi [details]
source of synonymy Van Belle, R. A. (1983-1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. <em>Vita Marina.</em> Jan.-Mrt: 9-132. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as a synonym of Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846), deemed cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
