MolluscaBase - Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834)

AphiaID

848051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848051)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853

Original name

Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834

Synonymised names

Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) apiculata (Say, 1834) · alternative representation

Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)

Chiton jayi DeKay, 1843 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): Appendix [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848051 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-05-20 23:32:40Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2019-09-11 20:16:22Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description (of Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): Appendix [details]

original description (of Chiton jayi DeKay, 1843) DeKay, J. E. (1843). Zoology of New York. Zoology 5. Albany. [details]

original description (of Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 168-175, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862227
page(s): 168 [details]

basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1900). Additional chitons from the Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie River, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(11): 130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800034 [details]