Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Tonicellidae > Subfamily Tonicellinae > Genus Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LepidochitonaJ. E. Gray, 1821accepted genus name
Lepidochiton J. E. Gray, 1821 orthographic variant
Beanella Dall, 1882 synonym
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 synonym
Middendorffia P. P. Carpenter, 1882 synonym
Trachydermon P. P. Carpenter, 1864 synonym

Species group names

Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836 junior homonym
Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836 synonym
Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848 synonym
Chiton decipiens Tiberi, 1877 synonym
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) synonym; alternate representation
Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848) synonym
Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791 synonym
Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893 synonym
Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Poli, 1791 misapplied name

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836). 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:848039

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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

2024-01-05 by Bruce Marshall

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