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Chiton achatinus Brown, 1823 
AphiaID: 152784

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chitonidae (Family) > Chitoninae (Subfamily) > Chiton (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Basionym of Callochiton achatinus)
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Callochiton septemvalvis septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803)
Rank Species
Parent Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: 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]

Note  Date of publication: Year of description often erroneusly given as 1827 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152784
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Chiton achatinus Brown, 1823. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152784 on 2013-05-24
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