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

Ischnochiton obtusus P. P. Carpenter, 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ischnochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

IschnochitonJ. E. Gray, 1847accepted genus name
Ischnochiton (Haploplax) Pilsbry, 1894 synonym
Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 synonym

Species group names

Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) obtusus P. P. Carpenter, 1893 synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record

Kaas, P. (1985). Notes on Loricata, 11-14. 11. New species of Leptochiton Gray, 1847 dredged off East London and Transkei, South Africa; 12. Ischnochiton obtusus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1895, rediscovered; 13. On some little known chitons from the Tropical West Pacific Ocean; 14. Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) vanbellei spec. nov., a new Mediterranean chiton. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 59(25): 299-320.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ischnochiton obtusus P. P. Carpenter, 1893. 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:848091

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2021-07-16 by Serge Gofas

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