Marine Species Traits - Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

WoRMS taxon details

Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

AphiaID

385559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385559)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Loricidae Iredale & Hull, 1923

Original name

Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

Synonymised names

Aulacochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)

Chiton (Aulacochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted

Protolorica Ashby, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Zelorica H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
Species Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
Subgenus Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Loricella Pilsbry, 1893 (original rank)
Species Lorica angasi H. Adams, 1864 accepted as Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864) (original combination)
Species Lorica elliottae Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
Species Lorica paucipustulosa Hull, 1923 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new genus of Chitonidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2. 9: 355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22158529 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385559 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2016-02-22 20:21:57Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-09-02 02:47:52Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-11-04 09:23:54Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new genus of Chitonidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2. 9: 355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22158529 [details]

original description (of Zelorica H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]

original description (of Protolorica Ashby, 1925) Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077 [details]

original description (of Chiton (Aulacochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern. (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 177 [details]

basis of record 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): 115 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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