WoRMS taxon details
Katharina J. E. Gray, 1847
385566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385566)
accepted
Genus
Chiton tunicatus W. Wood, 1814 accepted as Katharina tunicata (W. Wood, 1814) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Katharina tunicata (W. Wood, 1814)
- Species Katharina douglasiae J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Katharina tunicata (W. Wood, 1814)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Katharina J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385566 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details]
basis of record Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
basis of record Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 87 [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]
