Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Leptochitonidae

Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)

Literature

original description

Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.

basis of record

Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138116

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-07-25 by Philippe Bouchet

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