WoRMS taxon details
Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791)
224922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224922)
accepted
Species
Chiton albus sensu Barbut, 1788 not Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted
Chiton gigas Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton subgigas Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted
Dinoplax gigas alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Dinoplax gigas alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Dinoplax gigas validifossus Ashby, 1934 accepted as Dinoplax validifossus Ashby, 1934 (original combination)
marine
(of Chiton gigas Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224922 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton gigas Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Dinoplax gigas alfredensis Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 179, pl. 39, figs 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Chiton subgigas Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]
original description (of Dinoplax gigas alfredensis Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 179, pl. 39, figs 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Chiton subgigas Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
page(s): 110. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 138, pl. 33, fig. 5. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1928). South African Chitons, being a description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18 (2): 76-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063945
page(s): 82, pl. 8, figs 22-24. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565
page(s): 489. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644
page(s): 27. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
page(s): 110. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 138, pl. 33, fig. 5. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1928). South African Chitons, being a description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18 (2): 76-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063945
page(s): 82, pl. 8, figs 22-24. [details]
additional source Nierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565
page(s): 489. [details]
additional source Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644
page(s): 27. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | giant chitonarmadillo | [details] |
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