WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5943)

AphiaID

848131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848131)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981

Synonymised names

Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981) · alternative representation

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981) Leloup, E. (1981). Chitons de Tuléar, Réunion, Maurice et Tahiti. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Biologie - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Biologie.</em> 53 (3): 1-46., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biology/53-1981/biologie-1981-53-3-_1-46.pdf
page(s): 11 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel

type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848131 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-05-21 21:34:16Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2024-01-26 16:41:53Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981) Leloup, E. (1981). Chitons de Tuléar, Réunion, Maurice et Tahiti. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Biologie - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Biologie.</em> 53 (3): 1-46., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biology/53-1981/biologie-1981-53-3-_1-46.pdf
page(s): 11 [details]

basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden.
page(s): 102 [details]