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

*Tonicella*	P. P. Carpenter, 1873	accepted 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.

Genbank

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