Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

BlackSea taxon details

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 9.4 and 15.0 mm).

AphiaID

152774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152774)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1107 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152774 on 2025-05-23

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2025). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152774 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-01-09 17:44:51Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2015-05-20 23:32:40Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2015-09-14 21:13:50Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-02-07 09:10:34Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1107 [details]

context source (Schelde) van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg. 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4): 814-838., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.1 [details] Available for editors