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

Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BelknapchitonSirenko, Saito & Schwabe, 2022accepted genus name

Species group names

Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846) synonym

Literature

additional source

Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Diversity. 15(3): 359: 1-17.

new combination reference

Sirenko, B., Saito, H. & Schwabe, E. (2022). A redescription of Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), the type species of the new genus Belknapchiton. Zootaxa. 5205(2): 101-124.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belknapchiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846). 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:1610477

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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

2023-03-04 by Philippe Bouchet

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