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Helminthochiton Salter, 1846 †
1353748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1353748)
accepted
Genus
Chiton (Helminthochiton) Salter, 1846 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Helminthochiton aequivoca Robson, 1913 †
- Species Helminthochiton blacki Hoare & Pojeta, 2006 †
- Species Helminthochiton carpenteri Hoare, 2002 †
- Species Helminthochiton girtyi R. D. Hoare & A. G. Smith, 1984 †
- Species Helminthochiton grayiae H. Woodward, 1885 †
- Species Helminthochiton griffithii Salter, 1846 †
- Species Helminthochiton marginatus R. D. Hoare & Pojeta, 2006 †
- Species Helminthochiton papilio Whidborne, 1892 †
- Species Helminthochiton secundus Horny, 1965 †
- Species Helminthochiton coarctatus de Koninck, 1883 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Helminthochiton mucronatus de Koninck, 1883 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Helminthochiton procumbens de Koninck, 1883 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Helminthochiton concentricus (de Koninck, 1843) † accepted as Pterochiton concentricus (de Koninck, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Helminthochiton concinnus E. S. Richardson, 1956 † accepted as Glaphurochiton concinnus (E. S. Richardson, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Helminthochiton gemmatus (de Koninck, 1843) † accepted as Pterochiton subgemmatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Chiton gemmatus Blainville, 1825; Chiton subgemmatus is a replacement name)
- Species Helminthochiton simplex (Raymond, 1910) † accepted as Gryphochiton simplex (Raymond, 1910) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Helminthochiton thraivensis Reed, 1911 † accepted as Phthipodochiton thraivensis (Reed, 1911) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
McCoy [M'Coy], F. (1846). A synopsis of the Silurian fossils of Ireland, collected from the several districts by Richard Griffith, F.G.S., the whole being named and the new species drawn and described by Fredrick M'Coy, F.G.S.D. 1-68. Dublin [Addenda by J. W. Salter, pp. 71-72].
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helminthochiton Salter, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353748 on 2026-06-28
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original description
McCoy [M'Coy], F. (1846). A synopsis of the Silurian fossils of Ireland, collected from the several districts by Richard Griffith, F.G.S., the whole being named and the new species drawn and described by Fredrick M'Coy, F.G.S.D. 1-68. Dublin [Addenda by J. W. Salter, pp. 71-72].
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I., Starobogatov Ya.I. (1977). К систематике палеозойских и мезозойских хитонов [= On the systematics of Paleozoic and Mesozoic chitons]. <em>Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> No. 3, pp. 29-41.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I., Starobogatov Ya.I. (1977). К систематике палеозойских и мезозойских хитонов [= On the systematics of Paleozoic and Mesozoic chitons]. <em>Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> No. 3, pp. 29-41.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
[request]
