North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Acanthochites discrepans (T. Brown, 1827)

AphiaID

751129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751129)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Acanthochitona discrepans (T. Brown, 1827)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthochites Risso, 1826 accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Chiton discrepans T. Brown, 1827

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Variety Acanthochites discrepans var. albina Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900 accepted as Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
Variety Acanthochites discrepans var. violaceolimbata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 accepted as Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton discrepans 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
page(s): pl. 35, fig. 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acanthochites discrepans (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751129 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthochites discrepans (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=751129 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2014-01-31 09:42:27Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-03-22 00:03:59Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Chiton discrepans 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
page(s): pl. 35, fig. 20 [details]

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