WoRMS name details
Lophyrus Poli, 1791
152780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152780)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Lophyrus adamsii P. P. Carpenter, 1863 accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) dispar (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) represented as Ischnochiton dispar (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species Lophyrus albus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Stenosemus albus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Lophyrus coreanicus A. Adams & Reeve, 1854 accepted as Chiton coreanicus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Lepidozona coreanica (Reeve, 1847) (nomen nudum)
- Species Lophyrus exaratus G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Stenosemus exaratus (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791 accepted as Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) represented as Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) (name introduced in synonymy, not available)
- Species Lophyrus senegalensis Rochebrune, 1881 accepted as Rhyssoplax canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
- Species Lophyrus smaragdinus Angas, 1867 accepted as Ischnochiton (Haploplax) smaragdinus (Angas, 1867) represented as Ischnochiton smaragdinus (Angas, 1867) (original combination)
- Species Lophyrus striatosquamosus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Chiton articulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1832
- Species Lophyrus tenuisculptus P. P. Carpenter, 1863 accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) tenuisculptus (P. P. Carpenter, 1863) represented as Ischnochiton tenuisculptus (P. P. Carpenter, 1863) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lophyrus Poli, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152780 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
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page(s): 1: 2 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sirenko B.I. (2017). Deep-sea chitons of the genus <i>Stenosemus</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Fiji and Solomon Islands. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 27(1): 1-14., available online at https://ruthenica.net/sites/default/files/2020-02/vol27_001-014_Sirenko.pdf [details] 
Other
additional source
Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
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