North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS name details

Lepidochiton J. E. Gray, 1821

AphiaID

152652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152652)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Accepted name

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894

Original name

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Direct children (5)

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Species Lepidochiton albus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Lepidochiton aleuticus (Dall, 1878) accepted as Lepidochitona aleutica (Dall, 1878) accepted as Spongioradsia aleutica (Dall, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepidochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Leptochiton cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepidochiton cinereus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Lepidochiton marginatus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821) Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochiton J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152652 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2015-05-27 03:30:46Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-09-01 21:27:28Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-07-10 06:28:51Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-01-25 04:53:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-25 16:08:26Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description (of Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821) Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

basis of record Benthem Jutting, T. van; Engel, H. (1936). Fauna van Nederland, Aflevering VIII. Mollusca (I)B. Gastropoda Opisthobranchia; Amphineura et Scaphopoda. [details]

Other

additional source Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 71 [details]