WoRMS taxon details
Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius O., 1780)
AphiaID: 140151
AphiaID: 140151
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonina (Suborder) > Mopalioidea (Superfamily) > Mopaliidae (Family) > Mopaliinae (Subfamily) > Tonicella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Tonicella Carpenter, 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780 (original combination) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] British Isles [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Greens Point [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Indian Point [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Irish Sea [details] Lepreau [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mispec [details] North East Coast of England [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Saint Martins [details] Scotland [details] Spitsbergen [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Scotland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: herbivores [details] Dimensions: 25 mm [details] Distribution: Greenland to Massachusetts Bay [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate but they are indistinguishable externally. fertilization is external and usually the eggs are shed into the water [details] Spelling: Tonecella marmoreus [details] Spelling: Tonicella marmoreus [details] Taxonomy: Family: Tonicellidae, according to Trott (2004). [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius O., 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140151 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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