WoRMS taxon details
Placiphorella pacifica S. S. Berry, 1919
386374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386374)
accepted
Species
Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Berry, S. S. (1919). Preliminary notices of some new west American chitons. <em>Lorquinia.</em> 2(6): 44-47 [printed in error 4-7]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47382920
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Distribution Widely distributed in the Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off the Kuril, Commander, and Aleutian Islands, and along the North...
Distribution Widely distributed in the Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off the Kuril, Commander, and Aleutian Islands, and along the North America coast from British Columbia to California. The species inhabits a depth range from 100 m (Kuril Islands) to 1189 m (British Columbia). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Placiphorella pacifica S. S. Berry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386374 on 2026-03-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Berry, S. S. (1919). Preliminary notices of some new west American chitons. <em>Lorquinia.</em> 2(6): 44-47 [printed in error 4-7]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47382920
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952) 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): 81, pl. VI, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2025). Species composition of chitons of the genus <i>Placiphorella</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the boreal region of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 51, suppl. 1: S1-S22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074025700609
page(s): S18, figs 1D, 17-20 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952) 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): 81, pl. VI, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2025). Species composition of chitons of the genus <i>Placiphorella</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the boreal region of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 51, suppl. 1: S1-S22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074025700609
page(s): S18, figs 1D, 17-20 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Widely distributed in the Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off the Kuril, Commander, and Aleutian Islands, and along the North America coast from British Columbia to California. The species inhabits a depth range from 100 m (Kuril Islands) to 1189 m (British Columbia). [details]
