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Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912 
AphiaID: 386159

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chaetopleuridae (Family) > Chaetopleura (Genus) > Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) (Shuttleworth, 1853)
Synonymised
taxa		  Chaetopleura brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912 (original combination)
Sources  original description: Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1912). The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2) 48 (18): 335–366, 1 pl.
page(s): 333 [details]

redescription: Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1987). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 3: Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, & Ischnochitonidae (pars). Additions to Vols 1 & 2.. * E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 302 pp.:
page(s): 58 [details]

Environment marine
Distribution type locality: South Orkney Island [details]
Magellan Strait [details]
Tierra del Fuego [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
Holotype head valve
Holotype head valve
added on 2009-12-18 - author: Schwabe, Enrico
qualitystatus: checked by Schwabe, Enrico on 2009-12-18 16:49:14

Holotype intermediate valve
Holotype intermediate valve
added on 2009-12-18 - author: Schwabe, Enrico
qualitystatus: checked by Schwabe, Enrico on 2009-12-18 16:49:48

Holotype tail valve
Holotype tail valve
added on 2009-12-18 - author: Schwabe, Enrico
qualitystatus: checked by Schwabe, Enrico on 2009-12-18 16:50:19
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386159
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-03-23 07:54:34Z  created  Schwabe, Enrico
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z  changed  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) brucei Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386159 on 2013-05-20
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