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Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) Specimen from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 9.4 and 15.0 mm).
Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 9.4 and 15.0 mm).

152774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152774)

accepted
Species
Chiton cimex Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Chiton cimicinus L. Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton fuscatus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton quinquivalvis T. Brown, 1823 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton variegatus Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton variegatus R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Chiton...)  
junior homonym of Chiton variegatus Röding, 1798
Lepidopleurus carinatus Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1107 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). 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=152774 on 2026-06-28
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152774 on 2026-06-28
Date
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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2006-01-09 17:44:51Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2015-05-20 23:32:40Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2015-09-14 21:13:50Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2024-02-07 09:10:34Z
changed
Köhler, Frank

original description (of Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 71, pl. 36 fig. 2 [details] 

original description (of Chiton fuscatus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details] 

original description (of Chiton variegatus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 107-108 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1107 [details] 

original description (of Chiton cimex 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 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton cimicinus L. Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821 [details] 

original description (of Chiton variegatus 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 Ischnochiton marginatus var. nigrescens Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Ischnochiton marginatus var. albocarinata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Ischnochiton marginatus var. rubrocarinata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Ischnochiton marginatus var. miniata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Ischnochiton marginatus var. adumbrata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Lepidopleurus carinatus 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 Ischnochiton marginatus var. straminea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 96(4): 814-838., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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): 206, fig. 101 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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LanguageName 
Dutch asgrauwe keverslak [from synonym]  [details]
English grey chiton [from synonym]  [details]
French chiton gris [from synonym]chiton cendré [from synonym]  [details]
German graue Käferschnecke [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (233 publications) (from synonym Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications) (from synonym Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidochitona cinerea) 
To GenBank (2303 nucleotides; 54 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) Ireland, Cork, Old Head) 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Zeeland, Gorishoek) 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire, Dale, Gann Fl... 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) United Kingdom, Scotland, Fife, St. Andrews) 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767))
To PESI (from synonym Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton fuscatus T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton quinquivalvis T. Brown, 1823)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton variegatus R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus carinatus Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton cimex Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton cimicinus L. Spengler, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton variegatus Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus (Pennant, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. nigrescens Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. albocarinata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. rubrocarinata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. miniata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. adumbrata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Ischnochiton marginatus var. straminea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777)
From editor or global species database
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