WoRMS taxon details
Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
AphiaID: 159928
AphiaID: 159928
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonina (Suborder) > Mopalioidea (Superfamily) > Mopaliidae (Family) > Mopaliinae (Subfamily) > Amicula (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Amicula Gray, 1847 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chiton vestitus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (original combination) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p. [details] basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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] from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] USA [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: herbivores [details] Dimensions: 25 to 50 mm [details] Distribution: Arctic Seas to Massachusetts [details] Habitat: bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate but they are indistinguishable externally. fertilization is external and usually the eggs are shed into the water [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159928 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159928 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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