Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Leptochitonidae > Genus Lepidopleurus

Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidopleurus*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chiton reussi*	Prochazka, 1895	junior homonym
*Chiton concentricus*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1841	synonym
*Chiton decoratus*	Reuss, 1860	synonym
*Chiton foliatus*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Chiton subcajetanus*	A. d'Orbigny, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geribde keverslak

English: ribbed 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.

French: chiton écailleux sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Rippen-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.

Italian: chitone blanco sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: quitón blanco

Literature

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	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Van Dingenen, F.; Ceulemans, L. (2018). The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa. 4447(1): 1-62.
additional source	Dell'Angelo B., Lesport J.F., Cluzaud A. & Sosso M. (2018). The Oligocene to Miocene chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwestern France, and Ligerian Basin, western France. Part 1: Leptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Spinochitonidae fam. nov. and Schizochitonidae. Bollettino Malacologico. 54(1): 1-47.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791). 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:140194