MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Chiton castaneus 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 [details]
basis of record
Nierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565
page(s): 496. [details]
additional source
Ashby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644
page(s): 18. [details]