North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Parachiton Thiele, 1909

AphiaID

152709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152709)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889

Original name

Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909

Synonymised names

Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica [Stuttgart]. 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 14 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Parachiton Thiele, 1909. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152709 on 2026-08-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Parachiton Thiele, 1909. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152709 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-12-31 04:25:16Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-19 00:28:17Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica [Stuttgart]. 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 14 [details]

basis of record Van Belle, R. A. (1983-1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. Vita Marina. Jan.-Mrt: 9-132. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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