original description
Middendorff, A.T. von. (1847). Vorläufige Anzeige bisher unbekannter Mollusken, als Vorarbeit zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 6(8): 113-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977057
page(s): 119 [details]
basis of record
Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, Aleutian Islands, Acha and Sicha islands [details]