MolluscaBase - Chiton (Mopalia) Gray, 1847

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Chiton (Mopalia) Gray, 1847

AphiaID

385672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385672)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Mopalia Gray, 1847

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Mopalia Gray, 1847

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Species Chiton (Mopalia) stimpsoni A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Placiphorella stimpsoni (A. Gould, 1859) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mopalia Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Mopalia) Gray, 1847. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385672 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-04-14 18:34:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-05-26 03:50:59Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-29 22:58:57Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Mopalia Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details]