Deep-Sea taxon details
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
140199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140199)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3206 [details]
page(s): 3206 [details]
Distribution Recent: NE Atlantic Ocean: from Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea South along the Scandinavian coasts; North Sea; all around...
Distribution Recent: NE Atlantic Ocean: from Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea South along the Scandinavian coasts; North Sea; all around the British Isles and Ireland, coasts of France, south to Spain and Portugal. Mediterranean Sea: Greece: Limnos Island.
Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Italy: off Bari.
Pleistocene: North Atlantic: Sweden and Norway, Netherlands; central Mediterranean, Italy: Pezzo and Capraia/Capo Corso-350/500 m.
Lower Pliocene: northeastern Atlantic: U.K.; North Sea Basin, Belgium: Kallo.
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Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Italy: off Bari.
Pleistocene: North Atlantic: Sweden and Norway, Netherlands; central Mediterranean, Italy: Pezzo and Capraia/Capo Corso-350/500 m.
Lower Pliocene: northeastern Atlantic: U.K.; North Sea Basin, Belgium: Kallo.
[details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140199 on 2025-05-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140199 on 2025-05-15
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(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3206 [details]
additional source Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). <em>Diversity.</em> 15(3): 359: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030359
page(s): 3, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 3206 [details]
additional source Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). <em>Diversity.</em> 15(3): 359: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030359
page(s): 3, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Recent: NE Atlantic Ocean: from Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea South along the Scandinavian coasts; North Sea; all around the British Isles and Ireland, coasts of France, south to Spain and Portugal. Mediterranean Sea: Greece: Limnos Island.Pleistocene, presumably last glacial: Italy: off Bari.
Pleistocene: North Atlantic: Sweden and Norway, Netherlands; central Mediterranean, Italy: Pezzo and Capraia/Capo Corso-350/500 m.
Lower Pliocene: northeastern Atlantic: U.K.; North Sea Basin, Belgium: Kallo.
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| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | grå skallus | [details] |
| Dutch | pissebedkeverslakgewone pissebedkeverslak | [details] |
| English | pill chitoncoat-of-mail chiton | [details] |
| German | Assel-Käferschnecke | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptochiton asellus)
To GenBank (89 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) United Kingdom, Shetland Islands, by trawling, c...
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptochiton asellus)
To GenBank (89 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791) United Kingdom, Shetland Islands, by trawling, c...
To Malacopics (Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To ITIS
