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Mopalia J. E. Gray, 1847
385567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385567)
accepted
Genus
Chiton hindsii Reeve, 1847 accepted as Mopalia hindsii (Reeve, 1847) (type by subsequent designation)
Chiton (Mopalia) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) Is. Taki, 1954 · alternative representation
Osteochiton Dall, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Mopalia acuta (P. P. Carpenter, 1856)
- Species Mopalia ciliata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
- Species Mopalia cirrata S. S. Berry, 1919
- Species Mopalia egretta S. S. Berry, 1919
- Species Mopalia ferreirai R. N. Clark, 1991
- Species Mopalia hindsii (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia kennerleyi P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia lignosa (A. A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Mopalia lionota Pilsbry, 1918
- Species Mopalia lowei Pilsbry, 1918
- Species Mopalia middendorffii (Schrenck, 1862)
- Species Mopalia muscosa (A. A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Mopalia phorminx S. S. Berry, 1919
- Species Mopalia plumosa P. P. Carpenter, 1893
- Species Mopalia porifera Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Mopalia retifera Thiele, 1909
- Species Mopalia schrencki Thiele, 1909
- Species Mopalia seta Yakovleva, 1952
- Species Mopalia sinuata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia spectabilis G. I. Cowan & I. Cowan, 1977
- Species Mopalia swanii P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia vespertina (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Subgenus Mopalia (Dendrochiton) S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Dendrochiton S. S. Berry, 1911 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Mopalia (Dendrochiton) thamnopora S. S. Berry, 1911 accepted as Dendrochiton thamnoporus (S. S. Berry, 1911) (original combination)
- Subgenus Mopalia (Placiphorella) Dall, 1879 accepted as Placiphorella Dall, 1879 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Mopalia (Placiphorella) velata Dall, 1879 accepted as Placiphorella velata (Dall, 1879) (original combination)
- Subgenus Mopalia (Semimopalia) Dall, 1919 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopalia (Semimopalia) grisea Dall, 1919 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopalia australis Suter, 1907 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) australis (Suter, 1907) represented as Plaxiphora australis (Suter, 1907) (superseded combination)
- Species Mopalia celetoides Dall, 1919 accepted as Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia chacei S. S. Berry, 1919 accepted as Mopalia porifera Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Mopalia chloris Dall, 1919 accepted as Mopalia acuta (P. P. Carpenter, 1856)
- Species Mopalia cithara S. S. Berry, 1951 accepted as Mopalia imporcata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Mopalia muscosa (A. A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Mopalia filosa K. van W. Palmer, 1945 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Mopalia fissa Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Mopalia acuta (P. P. Carpenter, 1856)
- Species Mopalia goniura Dall, 1919 accepted as Mopalia sinuata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Mopalia grayii P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Mopalia ciliata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Mopalia grisea Dall, 1919 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopalia heathii Pilsbry, 1898 accepted as Dendrochiton flectens (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Mopalia hirsuta Is. Taki, 1938 accepted as Mopalia middendorffii (Schrenck, 1862)
- Species Mopalia insignis Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Mopalia lignosa (A. A. Gould, 1846)
- Species Mopalia laevior Pilsbry, 1918 accepted as Mopalia vespertina (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Species Mopalia pedroana Willett, 1932 accepted as Mopalia acuta (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopalia recurvans Barnawell, 1960 accepted as Mopalia vespertina (A. A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) Is. Taki, 1954 represented as Mopalia J. E. Gray, 1847
- Species Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) integra Is. Taki, 1954 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) integra (Is. Taki, 1954) represented as Plaxiphora integra (Is. Taki, 1954) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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]
page(s): 65 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mopalia J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385567 on 2026-05-03
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original description
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]
original description (of Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) Is. Taki, 1954) Taki, Is. (1954). A peculiar chiton from Hachijo-jima with special reference to its distribution in the Pacific. <em>Records of the Oceanographic Works, Japan.</em> (NS) 1: 60-65. [details]
original description (of Osteochiton Dall, 1886) Dall W.H. (1886). Report on Bering Island Mollusca collected by mr. Nicholas Grebnitzki. <em>Proceedings of the US National Museum.</em> 9: 209-219, 292-309., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-562.209
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Eernisse D.J. (1998). Class Polyplacophora. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 49-73. [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
original description (of Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) Is. Taki, 1954) Taki, Is. (1954). A peculiar chiton from Hachijo-jima with special reference to its distribution in the Pacific. <em>Records of the Oceanographic Works, Japan.</em> (NS) 1: 60-65. [details]
original description (of Osteochiton Dall, 1886) Dall W.H. (1886). Report on Bering Island Mollusca collected by mr. Nicholas Grebnitzki. <em>Proceedings of the US National Museum.</em> 9: 209-219, 292-309., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-562.209
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Eernisse D.J. (1998). Class Polyplacophora. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 49-73. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
