Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Mopaliidae > Subfamily Mopaliinae > Genus Placiphorella

Placiphorella atlantica (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placiphorella*	Dall, 1879	accepted genus name
*Placophora*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882	synonym
*Placophora (Euplacophora)*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882	synonym

Species group names

*Chiton coronatus*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882	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	Sneli, J. A. (1992). Placiphorella atlantica (Mollusca, Amphineura) in the North Atlantic. Sarsia. 77: 143-145.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
redescription	Clark R.N. (1994) Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 37(3): 290-311. [1 July 1994]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placiphorella atlantica (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882). 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:140387