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Chiton (Chaetopleura) Shuttleworth, 1853
385635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385635)
unaccepted (original combination)
Subgenus
Chiton peruvianus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Chaetopleura peruviana (Lamarck, 1819) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Chiton (Chaetopleura) asper Shuttleworth, 1856 accepted as Calloplax janeirensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856 accepted as Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiton (Chaetopleura) plumosus A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chiton (Chaetopleura) vespertinus A. Gould, 1852 accepted as Mopalia vespertina (A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
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Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
