WoRMS name details
Leptochiton longispinus H. Saito, 2001
458301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458301)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Saito, H. (2001). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) collected by R/V Kotaka-Maru from Tosa Bay, western Japan, with descriptions of two new species. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 20 : 101-119. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton longispinus H. Saito, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458301 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Saito, H. (2001). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) collected by R/V Kotaka-Maru from Tosa Bay, western Japan, with descriptions of two new species. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 20 : 101-119. [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2020). New shelf and bathyal Philippine leptochitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4878(3): 467-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.3
page(s): 473, figs 6-8 [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2020). New shelf and bathyal Philippine leptochitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4878(3): 467-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.3
page(s): 473, figs 6-8 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sirenko, B.; Eernisse, D. J. (2026). New composition of the family Nierstraszellidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with description of two new genera and two new species. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 36(3): 131-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2026.36(3).3
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
