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WoRMS taxon details

Parachiton politus H. Saito, 1996

AphiaID

385861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385861)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Parachiton Thiele, 1909

Original name

Parachiton politus H. Saito, 1996

Environment

marine

Original description

Saito, H. (1996). Seven New Species of the Genus Parachiton (Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae) from the Northwest Pacific. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 55 (3): 161-187. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in Nansei Islands

type locality contained in Nansei Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Parachiton politus H. Saito, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385861 on 2026-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Saito, H. (1996). Seven New Species of the Genus Parachiton (Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae) from the Northwest Pacific. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 55 (3): 161-187. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Schwabe, E. (2007). Taxonomic notes on chitons. 5. On some problematica and a new record of Polyplacophora from Indonesia (Mollusca). Spixiana. 30: 145-158.
page(s): 146, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

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