WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)

To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001049; Chiton rudis Hutton, 1872; holotype)

AphiaID

386182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386182)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

Original name

Chiton volvox Reeve, 1847

Synonymised names

Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chiton rudis F. W. Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Chiton volvox Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Lorica elliottae Cotton & Weeding, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lorica paucipustulosa Hull, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton volvox Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Chiton. In: Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386182 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lorica elliottae Cotton & Weeding, 1939) Cotton, B. C. & Weeding, B. J. (1939). Flindersian Loricates. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 63(2): 180-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41565797 [details]

original description (of Lorica paucipustulosa Hull, 1923) Hull, A. F. B. (1923). New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. Australian Zoologist. 3: 157-166, 195-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719342
page(s): 197 [details]

original description (of Chiton rudis F. W. Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). On the New Zealand Chitonidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 173-183.
page(s): 179 [details]

original description (of Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Chiton. In: Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560
page(s): pl. 21, species no. 141 [details]

original description (of Chiton volvox Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Chiton. In: Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]