Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Chitonina > Superfamily Chitonoidea > Family Ischnochitonidae > Genus Stenosemus

Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenosemus*	Middendorff, 1847	accepted genus name
*Chiton (Stenosemus)*	Middendorff, 1847	synonym
*Ischnochiton (Stenosemus)*	Middendorff, 1847	synonym
*Lophyrus*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym

Species group names

*Chiton aselloides*	R. T. Lowe, 1825	synonym
*Chiton minimus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Chiton oryza*	Spengler, 1797	synonym
*Chiton sagrinatus*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym
*Ischnochiton albus*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Lophyrus albus*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Lophyrus albus var. infuscata*	Sparre-Schneider, 1881	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: northern white chiton; white chiton; white northern chiton sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).;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: Helle Käferschnecke; Weiße Käferschnecke; Weißer Chiton

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:247773