Marine Species Traits - Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

WoRMS name details

Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

AphiaID

386209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386209)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

Rank

Species

Parent

Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1764). Museum s:æ r:æ m:tis Ludovicæ Ulricæ reginæ svecorum, gothorum, vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. In quo animalia rariora, exotica, imprimis insecta & conchilia describuntur & determinantur prodromi instar editum. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 720 + 120 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51334755
page(s): 465 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386209 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-05-21 03:31:24Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1764). Museum s:æ r:æ m:tis Ludovicæ Ulricæ reginæ svecorum, gothorum, vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. In quo animalia rariora, exotica, imprimis insecta & conchilia describuntur & determinantur prodromi instar editum. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 720 + 120 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51334755
page(s): 465 [details]

basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota. 569-578. [details]

Other

additional source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1107 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality