original description
Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Toschel] <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33044364
page(s): 387 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species Thiele established Lophyropsis for a species he identified as Chiton imitator E. A. Smith, 1881; however, he later (Thiele 1908) considered that he had misidentified his material, and that in fact Leptochiton medinae (Plate, 1899) was meant. [details]