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 cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidochitona*	J. E. Gray, 1821	accepted 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 variegatus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Chiton cimex*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Chiton cimicinus*	Spengler, 1797	synonym
*Chiton fuscatus*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Chiton marginatus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Chiton quinquivalvis*	T. Brown, 1823	synonym
*Chiton variegatus*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. adumbrata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. albocarinata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. miniata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. nigrescens*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. rubrocarinata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. straminea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym; alternate representation
*Lepidopleurus carinatus*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: asgrauwe keverslak sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: cinereous chiton sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Aschgraue Käferschnecke; Rändel-Käferschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4): 814-838.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152774