WoRMS taxon details
Craspedochiton foresti (Leloup, 1965)
386538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386538)
accepted
Species
Notoplax foresti Leloup, 1965 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Notoplax foresti Leloup, 1965) Leloup, E. (1965). Description d'une espèce nouvelle de chiton recueillie par la Calypso dans le Golfe de Guinée, Notoplax foresti sp. nov. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> (2) [37], 2 (1): 155–161.
page(s): 155, figs 1-3, pl. 1, 2. [details]
page(s): 155, figs 1-3, pl. 1, 2. [details]
Type locality contained in Principe Island
type locality contained in Principe Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Craspedochiton foresti (Leloup, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386538 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Notoplax foresti Leloup, 1965) Leloup, E. (1965). Description d'une espèce nouvelle de chiton recueillie par la Calypso dans le Golfe de Guinée, Notoplax foresti sp. nov. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> (2) [37], 2 (1): 155–161.
page(s): 155, figs 1-3, pl. 1, 2. [details]
basis of record Dell'Angelo, B.; Schwabe, E.; Gori, S.; Sosso, M.; Bonfitto, A. (2014). Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from São Tomé and Príncipe Islands. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 55(2): 171-200., available online at http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/349 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 155, figs 1-3, pl. 1, 2. [details]
basis of record Dell'Angelo, B.; Schwabe, E.; Gori, S.; Sosso, M.; Bonfitto, A. (2014). Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from São Tomé and Príncipe Islands. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 55(2): 171-200., available online at http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/349 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Schwabe, E. & R. Els. (2019). The genus Craspedochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae) in South African waters: what do we really know about it?. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148(1): 73-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/148/073-092
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
