WoRMS taxon details
Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879)
386377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386377)
accepted
Species
Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879) Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 1: 281-344, pls 1-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651354
page(s): 298, 307; note: name credited to Carpenter [details]
page(s): 298, 307; note: name credited to Carpenter [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386377 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879) Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 1: 281-344, pls 1-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651354
page(s): 298, 307; note: name credited to Carpenter [details]
basis of record Palmer, K.V.W. (1958) Type specimens of marine Mollusca described by P. P. Carpenter, from the West Coast (San Diego to British Columbia). The Geological Society of America Memoir, 76, 1–376., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/6535
page(s): 279 [details]
page(s): 298, 307; note: name credited to Carpenter [details]
basis of record Palmer, K.V.W. (1958) Type specimens of marine Mollusca described by P. P. Carpenter, from the West Coast (San Diego to British Columbia). The Geological Society of America Memoir, 76, 1–376., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/6535
page(s): 279 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Clark R.N. (1994) Review of the genus <i>Placiphorella</i> Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species. <i>The Veliger</i> 37(3): 290-311. [1 July 1994], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42464996 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placiphorella velata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879)
To Malacopics (Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879) Canada, British Columbia)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placiphorella velata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879)
To Malacopics (Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879) Canada, British Columbia)
To ITIS
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