WoRMS taxon details
Lepidochitona beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
1674908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1674908)
accepted
Species
Basiliochiton (Lophochiton) lobium S. S. Berry, 1925 · unaccepted
Chiton bipunctatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: not Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Chiton flavescens P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lepidopleurus beanii P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tonicella (Mopaliella) stigmata Dall, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopleurus beanii P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 197 [details]
page(s): 197 [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Coast of Mexico
type locality contained in Pacific Coast of Mexico [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1674908 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidopleurus beanii P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Chiton bipunctatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Chiton flavescens P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 198 [details]
original description (of Basiliochiton (Lophochiton) lobium S. S. Berry, 1925) Berry, S. S. (1925). The species of Basiliochiton. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phildelphia.</em> 76: 23-29. [details]
original description (of Tonicella (Mopaliella) stigmata Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390
page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Vončina, K.; Schwabe, E.; Sirenko, B. I.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5840(1): 1-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Chiton bipunctatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Chiton flavescens P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 198 [details]
original description (of Basiliochiton (Lophochiton) lobium S. S. Berry, 1925) Berry, S. S. (1925). The species of Basiliochiton. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phildelphia.</em> 76: 23-29. [details]
original description (of Tonicella (Mopaliella) stigmata Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390
page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Vončina, K.; Schwabe, E.; Sirenko, B. I.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5840(1): 1-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1
page(s): 38 [details]
Other
additional source
Cadien, D. B., Barwick, K. L. &. Haggin, B. M. (Eds.). (2023). A Taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epifaunal monitoring and research programs in the Southern California Bight. Edition 14. Los Angeles: Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists. pp i-xxv, 1-200. , available online at https://www.scamit.org/publications/SCAMIT%20Ed%2014-2023.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyanoplax beanii) (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Lepidopleurus beanii P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Mexico, Baja California, Isla Smith, under... (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To Malacopics (Cyanoplax beanii (P.P.Carpenter,1857) Mexico, Sonora, Bahia Kino VB.2631c. Actual s... (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyanoplax beanii) (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Lepidopleurus beanii P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Mexico, Baja California, Isla Smith, under... (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To Malacopics (Cyanoplax beanii (P.P.Carpenter,1857) Mexico, Sonora, Bahia Kino VB.2631c. Actual s... (from synonym Cyanoplax beanii (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
