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Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
848039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848039)
accepted
Species
Chiton (Nutallina) caprearum Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton (Nuttallina) caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted
Chiton cinereus Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Poli, 1791 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton decipiens Tiberi, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Chiton polii...)
junior homonym of Chiton polii Deshayes, 1833
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) · alternative representation
Lepidochitona corrugata (Reeve, 1848) · unaccepted
Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791 · unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy, not...)
name introduced in synonymy, not available
Middendorffia caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nuttalina corrugata (Reeve, 1848) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
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original description
(of Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791) 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
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]
original description (of Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details]
original description (of Chiton caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Nuttallina) caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 366; note: subgenus misspelled Nutallina [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Chiton caprearum Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791) 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
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Chiton corrugatus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]
original description (of Nuttallina pseudorissoi P. P. Carpenter, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details]
original description (of Chiton caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Nuttallina) caprearum var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 366; note: subgenus misspelled Nutallina [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Chiton polii R. A. Philippi, 1836) ZMB 13113, geounit Sicily [details]
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Italy, Sicilia, Messina, Golfo di Patti, Oliveri-Tindari, on exposed rocks, among green algae and Hildenbrandia, at-0.5 m depth, collected 18th ...
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Tunisia, Medenine, Djerba Island, collected July 1972, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836))
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) Tunisia, Medenine, Djerba Island, collected July 1972, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836))
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