Marine Species Traits - Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

NARMS taxon details

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from Benalmena, Spain (actual size 9.4 and 15.0 mm).

AphiaID

138089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138089)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chiton marginatus Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Parent

Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894

Original name

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Beanella Dall, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)

Lepidochiton J. E. Gray, 1821 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 · alternative representation

Trachydermon P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Lepidochitona canariensis (Thiele, 1909)
Species Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Species Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Lepidochitona furtiva (Monterosato, 1879)
Species Lepidochitona iberica Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
Species Lepidochitona kaasi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000
Species Lepidochitona monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
Species Lepidochitona piceola (Shuttleworth, 1853)
Species Lepidochitona severianoi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000
Species Lepidochitona simrothi (Thiele, 1902)
Species Lepidochitona stroemfelti (Bergenhayn, 1931)
Species Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848) accepted as Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) represented as Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Subgenus Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 represented as Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821
1. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) canariensis (Thiele, 1909) represented as Lepidochitona canariensis (Thiele, 1909)
2. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) represented as Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
3. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
4. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) furtiva (Monterosato, 1879) represented as Lepidochitona furtiva (Monterosato, 1879)
5. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) iberica Kaas & Van Belle, 1981 represented as Lepidochitona iberica Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
6. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) kaasi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000 represented as Lepidochitona kaasi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000
7. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981 represented as Lepidochitona monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
8. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) piceola (Shuttleworth, 1853) represented as Lepidochitona piceola (Shuttleworth, 1853)
9. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) severianoi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000 represented as Lepidochitona severianoi Carmona Zalvide & F. J. Garc�a, 2000
10. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) simrothi (Thiele, 1902) represented as Lepidochitona simrothi (Thiele, 1902)
11. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) stroemfelti (Bergenhayn, 1931) represented as Lepidochitona stroemfelti (Bergenhayn, 1931)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229�239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138089 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138089 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-05 17:36:55Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2011-06-23 15:24:42Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-03-20 12:46:08Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2019-09-01 21:27:28Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2021-01-25 04:53:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-25 16:08:26Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229�239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

original description (of Trachydermon P. P. Carpenter, 1864) 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. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 649 [details]

taxonomy source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]