WoRMS taxon details
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
AphiaID: 140199
AphiaID: 140199
| 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 asellus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Chiton cinereus Montagu, 1803 non Linnaeus, 1767 nec Poli, 1791 (synonym) Chiton onyx Spengler, 1797 (synonym) Chiton scoticus Leach, 1852 (synonym) Lepidopleurus asellus (Gmelin, 1791) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Gmelin, J.F., 1788-1793. In: Linné, C., Systema naturae, Edit. 13 aucta et reformata cura J.F. Gmelin. 10 vols, Lipsiae. 1788-1793 et Lugduni, 1789-1796. -1,6 [details] 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: 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] 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] basis of record (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] basis of record (from synonym): Clarke A. H. (1974) Molluscs from Baffin Bay and the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Publications in Biological Oceanography, National Museum of Natural Sciences of Canada 7: 1-23. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 39), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Blankenberge [details] British Isles [details] Dorset [details] East Hinder [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details] Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Kentish Knock [details] Oostende [details] Ruytingen Pas [details] Sandettie Bank [details] Shipwash [details] South Coast of England [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Spitsbergen [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Thorntonbank [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wandelaar [details] Westhinder [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 16 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140199 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140199 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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