Deep-Sea taxon details
Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)
1610477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610477)
accepted
Species
Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Lepidopleurus alveolus (Lovén, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details]
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details]
Type locality contained in Swedish part of the Skagerrak, Bergen
type locality contained in Swedish part of the Skagerrak [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Bergen [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Bergen [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Recent: North Atlantic: all along the Norwegian and Swedish west coast, Bay of Biscay, Spain, Galicia, NW Portugal, Gulf of...
Distribution Recent: North Atlantic: all along the Norwegian and Swedish west coast, Bay of Biscay, Spain, Galicia, NW Portugal, Gulf of Maine and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Adriatic Sea, offshore Bari.
Lower Pliocene: Italy, Liguria: Zinola, Borzoli.
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Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Adriatic Sea, offshore Bari.
Lower Pliocene: Italy, Liguria: Zinola, Borzoli.
[details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). 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=1610477 on 2026-04-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610477 on 2026-04-01
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(of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details]
additional source Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). <em>Diversity.</em> 15(3): 359: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030359
page(s): 7, fig. 4 [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): 85, fig. 37 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of <i>Leptochiton belknapi</i> Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus <i>Belknapchiton</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(2): 101-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.2.1
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details]
additional source Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). <em>Diversity.</em> 15(3): 359: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030359
page(s): 7, fig. 4 [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): 85, fig. 37 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of <i>Leptochiton belknapi</i> Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus <i>Belknapchiton</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(2): 101-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.2.1
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Recent: North Atlantic: all along the Norwegian and Swedish west coast, Bay of Biscay, Spain, Galicia, NW Portugal, Gulf of Maine and Gulf of St. Lawrence.Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Adriatic Sea, offshore Bari.
Lower Pliocene: Italy, Liguria: Zinola, Borzoli.
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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Lepidopleurus alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Malacopics (Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) Norway, Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Lepidopleurus alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Malacopics (Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) Norway, Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
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