MolluscaBase taxon details
Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878)
140198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140198)
accepted
Species
Chiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lepidopleurus arcticus G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopleurus arcticus G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 [details]
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton arcticus (G. O. Sars, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140198 on 2024-04-16
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original description
(of Lepidopleurus arcticus G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet herbivores [details]Dimensions 10 to 20 mm [details]
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat shallow water or littoral forms and are usually confined to hard substrata to which they cling [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate but they are indistinguishable externally. fertilization is external and usually the eggs are shed into the water [details]
