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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846) 
AphiaID: 140197

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyplacophora (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeoloricata (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochitonidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochiton (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochiton alveolus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochiton Gray, 1847
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChiton alveolus M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChiton alveolus M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846 (original combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus abbreviatus Dall, 1908
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus aequispinnis Bergenhayn, 1933 (synonym)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus alveolus (M. Sars in Lovén, 1846) (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus farallonis Dall, 1902 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus giganteus Nierstrasz, 1905 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus halistreptus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus halistreptus abbreviatus Dall, 1908 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus luridus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus mesogonus Dall, 1902 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus opacus Dall, 1908 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus similis Smith E.A., 1894 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopleurus simplex Nierstrasz, 1905 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptochiton benthus Haddon, 1886 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParachiton opiparus Iredale & Hull, 1925 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Bay of Biscay
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFrench part of the Bay of Biscay [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish part of the Bay of Biscay [details]
Norway
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNorwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sweden
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAuthority (M. Sars in Lovén, 1846) [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
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. (2009). Leptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140197 on 2017-08-20
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