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Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)

Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)Specimen from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 14 mm).
Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Specimen from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 14 mm).

848039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848039)

accepted
Species
Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Poli, 1791 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton decipiens Tiberi, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Chiton polii...)  
junior homonym of Chiton polii Deshayes, 1833
Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791 · unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy, not...)  
name introduced in synonymy, not available
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807484
page(s): 9 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836). 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=848039 on 2026-09-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=848039 on 2026-09-10
Date
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2015-05-20 23:32:40Z
created
Marshall, Bruce
2016-05-04 17:51:07Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-01-05 19:08:53Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2025-10-25 15:13:48Z
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Herbert, David

original description (of Chiton polii 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): 106 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details] 

original description (of Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 4 [details] 

original description (of Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details] 

original description (of Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807484
page(s): 9 [details] 

original description (of Chiton decipiens Tiberi, 1877) Tiberi, N. (1877). Fam. Chitonidi. Specie viventi Mediterranee e fossili Terziarie Italiene. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 3: 136-159.
page(s): 141 [details] 

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): 204, fig. 100 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications) (from synonym Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Poli, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidochitona caprearum) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidochitona corrugata) (from synonym Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Greece, Kriti, Char) 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Italy, Sicilia, Messina, Golfo di Patti, Ol... 
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Tunisia, Medenine, Djerba Island, collected... 
To PESI (from synonym Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836))
To PESI (from synonym Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848))
To PESI (from synonym Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton decipiens Tiberi, 1877)
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