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Chiton tuberculatus Leach, 1852

151229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151229)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Polyplacophora
  5. Neoloricata
  6. Chitonida
  7. Chitonina
  8. Chitonoidea
  9. Chitonidae
  10. Chitoninae
  11. Chiton
  12. Chiton tuberculatus
 unaccepted > junior homonym (not Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
Species
Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton tuberculatus Leach, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=151229 on 2026-07-20
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Chiton tuberculatus Leach, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=151229 on 2026-07-20
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2005-04-05 17:36:55Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2014-01-31 07:34:01Z
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Gofas, Serge
2019-08-30 01:58:57Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2025-10-15 09:01:22Z
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Herbert, David

original description 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] 

source of synonymy Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden.
page(s): 190 [details] 

source of synonymy Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiton tuberculatus) 
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