WoRMS name details

Leptochiton vietnamensis Sirenko, 1998

385839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385839)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sirenko, B. I. (1998). One more deep water chiton <i>Leptochiton vietnamensis</i> sp. n. (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) living and feeding on sunken wood from the South China Sea. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 8(1): 1-6. [details] 
Type locality contained in South China Sea  
type locality contained in South China Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton vietnamensis Sirenko, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385839 on 2026-11-03
Date
action
by
2009-03-23 07:54:34Z
created
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z
changed
2026-07-01 09:02:33Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description Sirenko, B. I. (1998). One more deep water chiton <i>Leptochiton vietnamensis</i> sp. n. (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) living and feeding on sunken wood from the South China Sea. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 8(1): 1-6. [details] 

Other

additional source Sirenko B. (2016). New, rare bathyal leptochitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the South and West Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 208: 25-63. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality