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

Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TonicellaP. P. Carpenter, 1873accepted genus name

Species group names

Chiton flemingius Leach, 1852 synonym
Chiton fulminatus Couthouy, 1838 synonym
Chiton laevigatus J. Fleming, 1813 synonym
Chiton latus R. T. Lowe, 1825 synonym
Chiton marmoreus O. Fabricius, 1780 synonym
Chiton marmoreus var. caerulea Winkley, 1894 synonym
Chiton pictus W. Bean, 1844 synonym
Chiton submarmoreus Middendorff, 1847 synonym
Tonicella blaneyi Dall, 1905 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: marmoreret skallus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: lined red chiton; mottled red 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.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: chiton rouge marbré sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.
 German: Liniierte Rote Käferschnecke; marmorierte Käferschnecke 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.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee
 Norwegian Bokmål: marmorleddsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: praktleddsnigel

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

Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799.

additional source

Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.

additional source

Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

additional source

Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780). 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:140151

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2023-01-07 by Maxim Vinarski

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