WoRMS taxon details
Mopalia spectabilis G. I. Cowan & I. Cowan, 1977
386360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386360)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cowan, G. I. McT[aggart] & Cowan, I. McT[aggart]. (1977). A new chiton of the genus <i>Mopalia</i> from the northeast Pacific coast. <em>Syesis (British Columbia Provincial Museum).</em> 10: 45-52. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in British Columbia
type locality contained in British Columbia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mopalia spectabilis G. I. Cowan & I. Cowan, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386360 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Cowan, G. I. McT[aggart] & Cowan, I. McT[aggart]. (1977). A new chiton of the genus <i>Mopalia</i> from the northeast Pacific coast. <em>Syesis (British Columbia Provincial Museum).</em> 10: 45-52. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]
[request]basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia spectabilis)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mopalia spectabilis I. M. Cowan & G. M. Cowan, 1977 United States, Oregon, Coos Co.,...
To Malacopics (Mopalia spectabilis I. M. Cowan & G. M. Cowan, 1977 United States, Washington)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia spectabilis)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mopalia spectabilis I. M. Cowan & G. M. Cowan, 1977 United States, Oregon, Coos Co.,...
To Malacopics (Mopalia spectabilis I. M. Cowan & G. M. Cowan, 1977 United States, Washington)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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