MolluscaBase - Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791

WoRMS name details

Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791

AphiaID

385677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385677)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (4)

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Species Chiton (Lophyrus) gemmulatus Shuttleworth, 1853 accepted as Chiton viridis Spengler, 1797 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) jugosus A. Gould, 1846 accepted as Rhyssoplax jugosa (A. Gould, 1846) (superseded combination)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) lugubris A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Chiton lugubris A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnoradsia) australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) represented as Ischnochiton australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) perviridis P. P. Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Rhyssoplax perviridis (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) (basionym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385677 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-04-14 18:34:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-12 23:30:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details]