WoRMS name details

Chiton cyaneopunctatus Krauss, 1848

1373270  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1373270)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Chitonina (Suborder)
  8. Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Chitonidae (Family)
  10. Chitoninae (Subfamily)
  11. Chiton (Genus)
  12. Chiton cyaneopunctatus (Species)
 unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 40, pl. 3, fig. 2. [details] 
Type locality contained in South African Coast  
type locality contained in South African Coast (inaccurate) [details]
Distribution Incorrectly localised to South Africa.  
Distribution Incorrectly localised to South Africa. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton cyaneopunctatus Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1373270 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature

original description Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 40, pl. 3, fig. 2. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Herbert, D. G. & Warén, A. (1999). South African Mollusca described by Ferdinand Krauss: their current status and notes on type material housed in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 205-243., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_101
page(s): 220 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Incorrectly localised to South Africa. [details]

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