WoRMS taxon details
Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
386347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386347)
accepted
Species
Mopalia celetoides Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Mopalia cithara S. S. Berry, 1951 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mopalia imporcata lionotus Pilsbry, 1918 accepted as Mopalia lionota Pilsbry, 1918 (original combination)
marine
Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 648 [details]
page(s): 648 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386347 on 2026-03-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 648 [details]
original description (of Mopalia celetoides Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610
page(s): 514 [details]
original description (of Mopalia cithara S. S. Berry, 1951) Berry, S. S. (1951). Notes on some British Columbian chitons - II. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 28: 213-227.
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1896). Notes on some West American chitons. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(5): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27056366
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 648 [details]
original description (of Mopalia celetoides Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610
page(s): 514 [details]
original description (of Mopalia cithara S. S. Berry, 1951) Berry, S. S. (1951). Notes on some British Columbian chitons - II. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 28: 213-227.
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1896). Notes on some West American chitons. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(5): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27056366
page(s): 49 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia imporcata)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864 United States, Washington)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia imporcata)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864 United States, Washington)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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