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Leptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846) 
AphiaID: 140197

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Lepidopleurida (Order) > Lepidopleurina (Suborder) > Leptochitonidae (Family) > Leptochiton (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Leptochiton Gray, 1847
Synonymised
taxa
  Chiton alveolus M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846 (original combination)
Lepidopleurus aequispinnis Bergenhayn, 1933 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus alveolus (M. Sars in Lovén, 1846) (synonym)
Lepidopleurus farallonis Dall, 1902 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus giganteus Nierstrasz, 1905 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus halistreptus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus japonicus var. aquivalvus Bergenhayn, 1933 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus luridus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus mesogonus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus opacus Dall, 1908 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus similis E. A. Smith, 1894 (synonym)
Lepidopleurus simplex Nierstrasz, 1905 (synonym)
Leptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886 (synonym)
Parachiton opiparus Iredale & Hull, 1925 (synonym)
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: 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: 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]

from synonym: Van Belle, R.A. (1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. Vita Marina Jan.-Mrt: 9-132 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: (M. Sars in Lovén, 1846) [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]

Habitat: bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Image 
Leptochiton alveolus
Leptochiton alveolus
added on 2007-01-31 - author: Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140197
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z  changed  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2013). Leptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140197 on 2013-05-22
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