original description
Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden.
page(s): 137 [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.
page(s): 357, fig. 150 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Under ICZN Art. 15.2, the name Tonicia indica var. pacifica Leloup, 1981 is nomenclaturally unavailable. Kaas & Van Belle (1998) ranked pacifica as a valid species and refered to Leloup's 1981 description. They thus became the author of the name. [details]