WoRMS taxon details
Dendrochiton S. S. Berry, 1911
385620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385620)
accepted
Genus
Mopalia (Dendrochiton) thamnopora S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Lepidochitona (Dendrochiton) thamnopora (S. S. Berry, 1911) accepted as Dendrochiton thamnoporus (S. S. Berry, 1911) (type by original designation)
Basiliochiton S. S. Berry, 1918 · unaccepted
Lepidochitona (Dendrochiton) S. S. Berry, 1911 · unaccepted
Mopalia (Dendrochiton) S. S. Berry, 1911 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Species Dendrochiton flectens (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Dendrochiton gothicus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Dendrochiton lirulatus S. S. Berry, 1963
- Species Dendrochiton semiliratus S. S. Berry, 1927
- Species Dendrochiton thamnoporus (S. S. Berry, 1911)
- Species Dendrochiton laurae S. S. Berry, 1963 accepted as Dendrochiton lirulatus S. S. Berry, 1963
- Species Dendrochiton psaltes S. S. Berry, 1963 accepted as Lepidochitona (Dendrochiton) thamnopora (S. S. Berry, 1911) accepted as Dendrochiton thamnoporus (S. S. Berry, 1911) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mopalia (Dendrochiton) S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). A new Californian chiton. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 487-492. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendrochiton S. S. Berry, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385620 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mopalia (Dendrochiton) S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). A new Californian chiton. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 487-492. [details]
original description (of Basiliochiton S. S. Berry, 1918) Berry, S. S. (1918). A further note on the genus <i>Trachydermon</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 32(1): 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772161 [details]
original description (of Basiliochiton S. S. Berry, 1918) Berry, S. S. (1918). A further note on the genus <i>Trachydermon</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 32(1): 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772161 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. <em>The Festivus.</em> 41 (6): 53–100, errata. [details]
