WoRMS taxon details
Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
152767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152767)
accepted
Genus
Chiton laqueatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Craspedochiton laqueatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (type by monotypy)
Angasia P. P. Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton (Craspedochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Craspedochiton (Spongiochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Craspedochiton (Thaumastochiton) Thiele, 1909 · alternative representation
Phacellozona Pilsbry, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spongiochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thaumastochiton Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Craspedochiton aberrans (Odhner, 1919)
- Species Craspedochiton cornutus (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
- Species Craspedochiton elegans (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
- Species Craspedochiton foresti (Leloup, 1965)
- Species Craspedochiton hystricosus Kaas, 1991
- Species Craspedochiton isipingoensis (Sykes, 1901)
- Species Craspedochiton jaubertensis Ashby, 1924
- Species Craspedochiton laqueatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Species Craspedochiton moebiusi Thiele, 1909
- Species Craspedochiton petasus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Craspedochiton productus (P. P. Carpenter, 1892)
- Species Craspedochiton pyramidalis (Is. Taki, 1938)
- Species Craspedochiton tesselatus Nierstrasz, 1905
- Species Craspedochiton umgazianus (H. J. Koch, 1951)
- Species Craspedochiton zefranki Vončina, 2025
- Species Craspedochiton liberiensis Thiele, 1909 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Craspedochiton tetricus (Dall, 1881) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, debated synonym)
- Subgenus Craspedochiton (Pseudoacanthochitona) [sic] accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Subgenus Craspedochiton (Spongiochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Craspedochiton cinereus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Craspedochiton hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893) accepted as Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Species Craspedochiton marginatus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Craspedochiton rubiginosus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) accepted as Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (superseded combination)
- Species Craspedochiton variabilis (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) accepted as Craspedoplax variabilis (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Craspedochiton (Thaumastochiton) Thiele, 1909 represented as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
- Species Craspedochiton (Thaumastochiton) moebiusi Thiele, 1909 represented as Craspedochiton moebiusi Thiele, 1909
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Chiton (Craspedochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 191 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152767 on 2026-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongiochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 283, 286; note: As Dall pointed out in the introduction, the name is to be attributed to Carpenter [details]
original description (of Chiton (Craspedochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 191 [details]
original description (of Craspedochiton (Thaumastochiton) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Phacellozona Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, III. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(12): 138-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565917
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Angasia P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
page(s): 283, 286; note: As Dall pointed out in the introduction, the name is to be attributed to Carpenter [details]
original description (of Chiton (Craspedochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 191 [details]
original description (of Craspedochiton (Thaumastochiton) Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Phacellozona Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, III. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(12): 138-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565917
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Angasia P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Other
additional source
Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
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