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Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797 
AphiaID: 386247

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chitonidae (Family) > Chitoninae (Subfamily) > Chiton (Genus) > Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele, 1893
Synonymised
taxa
  Chiton politus Spengler, 1797 (original combination)
Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (synonym (fide Kaas & Knudsen 1992))
Source  from synonym: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English tulip chiton (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution South Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
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added on 2009-09-01 - author: Schwabe, Enrico
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added on 2009-09-01 - author: Schwabe, Enrico
qualitystatus: checked by Schwabe, Enrico on 2009-09-01 15:05:57
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386247
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). Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386247 on 2013-05-22
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