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Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)

385845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385845)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Polyplacophora
  5. Neoloricata
  6. Lepidopleurida
  7. Lepidopleurina
  8. Leptochitonidae
  9. Parachiton
  10. Parachiton africanus
accepted
Species
Parachiton Thiele, 1909
Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. <i>Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10</i>: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906). 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=385845 on 2026-07-20
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=385845 on 2026-07-20
Date
action
by
2009-03-23 07:54:34Z
created
Schwabe, Enrico
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z
changed
Schwabe, Enrico
2025-10-17 13:29:14Z
changed
Herbert, David

original description (of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. <i>Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10</i>: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details] 

original description (of Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †) Šulc, J. (1934). Studien über die fossilen Chitonen. I. Die fossilen Chitonen in Neogen des Wiener Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> 47: 1-131.
page(s): 7, pl. 1, figs 4, 5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record 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): 88, fig. 38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2026). Polyplacophora from the southwestern Adriatic Sea, with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5821(3): 361-386., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.3.3
page(s): 370, fig. 7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906)
To Malacopics (Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) Malta, of Ras ir-Raheb, at 80 m depth) 
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906))
To PESI 
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