WoRMS name details
Chiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840
386839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386839)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1840). Descriptions of some new chitons. <em>Magazine of Natural History, New Series.</em> 4: 287–294, suppl. pl. 16. [1 June 1840]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2354085
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Comoro Islands
type locality contained in Comoro Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386839 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1840). Descriptions of some new chitons. <em>Magazine of Natural History, New Series.</em> 4: 287–294, suppl. pl. 16. [1 June 1840]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2354085
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
Other
additional source
Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): Part 173, fig. 136 [details]
page(s): Part 173, fig. 136 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
