WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Lepidopleurus medinae Plate, 1899) Plate, L. H. (1899). Die Anatomie und Phylogenie der Chitonen. Fauna Chilensis. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement-Band.</em> 5: 15-216., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14200717 page(s): 82–89; pl.5, figs. 204–206 [details]
original description
(of Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) agesilaus Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610 page(s): 501 [details]
original description
(of Lophyropsis imitatrix Thiele, 1893) Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Toschel] <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33044364 page(s): 388, pl. 31, fig. 36 [details]
basis of record
Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033 (2): 151-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1 page(s): 159, figs. 5-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Schwabe, E.; Sellanes, J. (2010). Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 10(1): 31-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-009-0002-6 page(s): 34–36, Figs 1K, 5E, F, 6, 7A, B [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution On both sides of southern South America from Lat.42° south to Cape Horn [details]
Lectotype Designated by Schwabe & Sellanes (2010) [details]
Type locality Chile, Magellan Strait, off Punta Arenas, 53º09’S 70º55’W, 15–18 m [details]
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