MolluscaBase - Tonicia confossa (A. Gould, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Tonicia confossa (A. Gould, 1846)

AphiaID

874489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874489)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Lucilina lamellosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tonicia Gray, 1840

Original name

Chiton confossus A. Gould, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chiton confossus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 143. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonicia confossa (A. Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874489 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-04-25 12:31:49Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-09-07 17:34:06Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description (of Chiton confossus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 143. [details]

basis of record Belle, R. A. V. (1980). On a small collection of chitons from Hong Kong (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). In: Morton B, editor.Proceedings of the first International workshop on the malacofaunal of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 33-35. [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Belle, R. A. V. (1980). On a small collection of chitons from Hong Kong (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). In: Morton B, editor.Proceedings of the first International workshop on the malacofaunal of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 33-35. [details]