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

Stenosemus exaratus (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lophyrus Latreille, 1802

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

*Ischnochiton exaratus*	(G. O. Sars, 1878)	synonym
*Lepidopleurus dorsuosus*	Haddon, 1886	synonym
*Lepidopleurus nicomedes*	Dall, 1919	synonym

Literature

additional source	Sirenko, B. (2023). A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Zootaxa. 5325(3): 359-392.
additional source	Schwabe, E.; Sellanes, J. (2010). Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 10(1): 31-55.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stenosemus exaratus (G. O. Sars, 1878). 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:386014