WoRMS taxon details
Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889
AphiaID: 59
AphiaID: 59
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Lepidopleurida (Order) > Lepidopleurina (Suborder) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Lepidopleurina | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry, 1892 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
from synonym: Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Deshayesiella Carpenter in Dall, 1879 Genus Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826 Genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 Subfamily Leptochitoninae
Genus Parachiton Thiele, 1909 Genus Pilsbryella (Nierstrasz, 1905) Genus Lepidopleura Leloup, 1981 accepted as Lepidopleurus Risso, 1826 Subfamily Lepidopleurinae accepted as Leptochitoninae Genus Terenochiton Iredale, 1914 accepted as Leptochiton Gray, 1847 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:59 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2013). Leptochitonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=59 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||
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