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Chiton albus Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 152791

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 (original combination)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Rank Species
Parent Chiton Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]

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]

Environment marine
Note  Taxonomic Remark:  only tentatively placed in Ischnochitonidae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152791
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-03-23 14:09:41Z  changed  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Chiton albus Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152791 on 2013-05-20
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