WoRMS taxon details
Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906)
385845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385845)
accepted
Species
Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. <i>Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10</i>: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]
Type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385845 on 2025-11-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906) Nierstrasz H. F. (1906). Remarks on the Chitonidae. <i>Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen (2) 10</i>: 141-172
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]
original description (of Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †) Šulc, J. (1934). Studien über die fossilen Chitonen. I. Die fossilen Chitonen in Neogen des Wiener Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> 47: 1-131.
page(s): 7, pl. 1, figs 4, 5 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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): 88, fig. 38 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 155; pl. 3 fig. 1-9 [details]
original description (of Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †) Šulc, J. (1934). Studien über die fossilen Chitonen. I. Die fossilen Chitonen in Neogen des Wiener Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> 47: 1-131.
page(s): 7, pl. 1, figs 4, 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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): 88, fig. 38 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906)
To Malacopics (Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) Malta, of Ras ir-Raheb, at 80 m depth)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906))
To PESI
To Malacopics (Parachiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906) Malta, of Ras ir-Raheb, at 80 m depth)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus africanus Nierstrasz, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) thielei Sulc, 1934 †)
To PESI (from synonym Leptochiton africanus (Nierstrasz, 1906))
To PESI
Unreviewed
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