WoRMS taxon details
Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
385559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385559)
accepted
Genus
Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847) (type by monotypy)
Aulacochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton (Aulacochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted
Protolorica Ashby, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zelorica H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Lorica atkinsoni (Ashby, 1925) †
- Species Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 †
- Species Lorica cudmorei Ashby, 1925 †
- Species Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
- Species Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
- Subgenus Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Loricella Pilsbry, 1893 (original rank)
- Species Lorica affinis Ashby & Torr, 1901 † accepted as Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lorica angasi H. Adams, 1864 accepted as Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Lorica duniana Hull, 1910 † accepted as Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lorica elliottae Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Lorica erma (Cotton & Godfrey, 1940) † accepted as Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lorica oculea Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Callochiton sulci Ashby, 1939 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lorica paucipustulosa Hull, 1923 accepted as Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lorica varena Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Callochiton sulci Ashby, 1939 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new genus of Chitonidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2.</em> 9: 355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22158529 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lorica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385559 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new genus of Chitonidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2.</em> 9: 355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22158529 [details]
original description (of Zelorica H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Protolorica Ashby, 1925) Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Aulacochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Zelorica H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html [details]
original description (of Protolorica Ashby, 1925) Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Aulacochiton) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 115 [details]
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