WoRMS taxon details
Tonicina zschaui (Pfeffer, 1886)
386092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386092)
accepted
Species
Chiton zschaui Pfeffer, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton zschaui Pfeffer, 1886) Martens, E. von & Pfeffer, G. (1886). Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 3(5): 63-135, pl. 1-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674392
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tonicina zschaui (Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386092 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton zschaui Pfeffer, 1886) Martens, E. von & Pfeffer, G. (1886). Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 3(5): 63-135, pl. 1-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674392
page(s): 105 [details]
new combination reference Thiele, J. (1906). Note sur les chitons de l'Expédition Antarctique du Dr. Charcot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris.</em> 12: 549-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.4105
page(s): 549 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
new combination reference Thiele, J. (1906). Note sur les chitons de l'Expédition Antarctique du Dr. Charcot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris.</em> 12: 549-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.4105
page(s): 549 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Bergenhayn, J. R. M. (1937). Antarktische und Subantarktische Polyplacophoren. Scientific Results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions 1927-1928 et sqq., instituted and financed by Consul Lars Christensen 17: 3–12; 1 pl.
page(s): 4 [details]
redescription Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 2. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae & Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden, 198 pp.
page(s): 149 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
redescription Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 2. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae & Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden, 198 pp.
page(s): 149 [details]
Other
additional source
Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tonicina zschaui)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Chiton zschaui Pfeffer, 1886)
To Malacopics (Tonicina zschaui (Pfeffer, 1886) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ‘Sout...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tonicina zschaui)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Chiton zschaui Pfeffer, 1886)
To Malacopics (Tonicina zschaui (Pfeffer, 1886) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ‘Sout...
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