MolluscaBase - Chiton (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847

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Chiton (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847

AphiaID

871154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:871154)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847

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Species Chiton (Plaxiphora) terminalis E. A. Smith, 1874 accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Plaxiphora J. E. 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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871154 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-03-03 02:58:37Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-29 22:58:57Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2023-11-24 13:59:38Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Plaxiphora J. E. 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]