MolluscaBase - Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Traits name details

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797

olivaceus

AphiaID

387241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387241)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele, 1893 accepted as Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893

Original name

Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Synonymised names

Chiton striatus Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 73-74; pl. 6 fig. 8a [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387241 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387241 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 14:09:41Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-05-21 03:31:24Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-12-09 19:42:22Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 73-74; pl. 6 fig. 8a [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Chiton striatus Brusina, 1870)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

From editor or global species database

olivaceus

Chiton olivaceus, Italy, Giglio Island, Campese

Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797
Specimen from Calaburras, Málaga, Spain (actual size 25 mm).