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

Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LeptochitonJ. E. Gray, 1847accepted genus name
Chiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 synonym
Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 synonym
Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 synonym

Species group names

Lepidopleurus arcticus G. O. Sars, 1878 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878). 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:140198

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2022-08-16 by Thomas A. Neubauer

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