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Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)

1610477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610477)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Polyplacophora
  5. Neoloricata
  6. Lepidopleurida
  7. Lepidopleurina
  8. Leptochitonidae
  9. Belknapchiton
  10. Belknapchiton alveolus
accepted
Species
Belknapchiton Sirenko, H. Saito & Schwabe, 2022
Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). 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=1610477 on 2026-09-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610477 on 2026-09-15
Date
action
by
2022-11-14 04:45:16Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2023-03-04 07:44:06Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 159 [offprint: 27-28]; note: name attributed by Lovén to M. Sars MS. [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): 85, fig. 37 [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): 7, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

new combination reference Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of <i>Leptochiton belknapi</i> Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus <i>Belknapchiton</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(2): 101-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.2.1
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To Malacopics (Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) Norway, Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden) 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton alveolus Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846))
Unreviewed