Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Tonicellidae > Subfamily Tonicellinae > Genus Lepidochitona

Lepidochitona canariensis (Thiele, 1909)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LepidochitonaJ. E. Gray, 1821accepted genus name
Lepidochiton J. E. Gray, 1821 orthographic variant
Beanella Dall, 1882 synonym
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 synonym
Middendorffia P. P. Carpenter, 1882 synonym
Trachydermon P. P. Carpenter, 1864 synonym

Species group names

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) canariensis (Thiele, 1909) synonym; alternate representation
Trachydermon canariense Thiele, 1909 synonym

Literature

additional source

Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4): 814-838.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona canariensis (Thiele, 1909). 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:848130

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-02-07 by Frank Köhler

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