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Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840) 
AphiaID: 140201

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 cancellatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 (original combination)
Chiton tuberculatus Leach, 1852 non Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Lepidochiton cancellatus
Lepidopleurus cancellatus (Sowerby, 1839) (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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (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: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (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]

additional source (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Van Benthem Jutting, T; Engel, H. (1936). Fauna van Nederland, Aflevering VIII. Mollusca (I)B. Gastropoda Opisthobranchia; Amphineura et Scaphopoda [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): MedOBIS (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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch ronde keverslak  [details]
English Arctic cancellate chiton (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Atlantic Europe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cobscook Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dunkerque (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Pacific Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Shetlands [details]
South Coast of England [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Yerseke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Date of publication: According to Van Belle (1982), the correct publication date is 1840, not 1839 as stated in e.g. Winckworth (1932), Entrop (1972), Abbott (1974) and McKay & Smith (1979). [details]
Image 
Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840)Specimen from Calón, Almería, Spain (actual size 5.0 mm).
Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840)
Specimen from Calón, Almería, Spain (actual size 5.0 mm).
added on 2013-02-14 - author: Moreno, Diego
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-14 11:41:15
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140201
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 cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140201 on 2013-06-20
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