WoRMS taxon details
Cryptochiton Middendorff, 1847
240775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240775)
accepted
Genus
Chiton (Cryptochiton) stelleri Middendorff, 1847 accepted as Cryptochiton stelleri (Middendorff, 1847) (type by monotypy)
Chiton (Cryptochiton) Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted (original rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Chiton (Cryptochiton) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cryptochiton Middendorff, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240775 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton (Cryptochiton) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
basis of record Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
basis of record Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 92 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
