Marine Species Traits - Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764

(of Chiton squamosum Linnaeus, 1764) 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848071 on 2025-05-04

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original description (of Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764) 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]

original description (of Chiton squamosum Linnaeus, 1764) 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): p. 465. [details]

original description (of Chiton bipunctatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 111-112. [details]

original description (of Chiton chemnitzii L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Kritisches Register zu Martini und Chemnitz's Systematischen Konchylien-Kabinet. Theodor Fischer, Kassel. viii + 112 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26385630
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Chiton fasciatus W. Wood, 1815) Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Chiton indus Gmelin, 1791) 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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Chiton marmoreus Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Chiton. In: Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]

original description (of Chiton multimaculatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]

original description (of Chiton pictus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]

original description (of Chiton spengleri Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]

original description (of Chiton tigris Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 68 [details]

original description (of Chiton striatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 112 [details]

original description (of Chiton undulatus Olfers, 1818) Olfers, I. F. von. (1818). Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Dberblick der Saugethiere nach ihrer Vertheilung tiber die Welttheile, rucksichtlich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). In Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd- und Volkerkunde, Weimar. W. L. Eschwege's Journal von Brasilien. 15(2):192-237. [details]

original description (of Chiton variegatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, Chiton, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]

original description (of Chiton crassus Clessin, 1903) Clessin, S. (1843-1904). Die Familie Chitonidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 6 (4): 1-135.
page(s): 111 [details]

additional source Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=ltD7EAAAQBAJ [details]

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad. Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 126 [details]

additional source Randall, C. W. & Martin, R. F. (1987). Distribution, abundance, and movement patterns of shoreline chitons of the Caribbean coast of Mexico. The Nautilus. 101(2): 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097568 [details]