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Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)

140199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140199)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Polyplacophora
  5. Neoloricata
  6. Lepidopleurida
  7. Lepidopleurina
  8. Leptochitonidae
  9. Leptochiton
  10. Leptochiton asellus
accepted
Species
Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton fuscatus Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton scoticus Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3206 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140199 on 2026-09-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140199 on 2026-09-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2023-01-04 11:52:17Z
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Vinarski, Maxim
2023-03-04 07:44:06Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3206 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton scoticus Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details] 

original description (of Chiton fuscatus Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details] 

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): 69, fig. 25 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2026). Polyplacophora from the southwestern Adriatic Sea, with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5821(3): 361-386., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.3.3
page(s): 365, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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): 3, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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LanguageName 
Dutch pissebedkeverslak  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications) (from synonym Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Montagu, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptochiton asellus) 
To GenBank (89 nucleotides; 78 proteins) 
To GenBank (89 nucleotides; 78 proteins) (from synonym Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) Sweden, Vastra Götaland, Gullmarsfjorden) 
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) United Kingdom, Shetland Islands, by trawling, c... 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton scoticus Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton fuscatus Leach, 1852)
To ITIS
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