WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1830)

AphiaID

386532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386532)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Acanthochitona lata (Guilding, 1830)

Rank

Species

Parent

Choneplax P. P. Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Chitonellus latus Guilding, 1830

Synonymised names

Acanthochitona interfissa Kaas, 1972 · unaccepted

Choneplax serpens Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Chitonellus latus Guilding, 1830) Guilding L. (1830). Observations on the Chitonidae. The Zoological Journal. 5: 25-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380685 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386532 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2026-02-15 20:49:50Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2026-08-30 11:54:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chitonellus latus Guilding, 1830) Guilding L. (1830). Observations on the Chitonidae. The Zoological Journal. 5: 25-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380685 [details]

basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota. 569-578. [details]

Other

context source (CoRMS) Díaz-Merlano, J. M.; Puyana-Hegedus, M. (1994). Moluscos marinos del Caribe colombiano: un catálogo ilustrado. 291. [details] Available for editors