MolluscaBase - Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791

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Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791

AphiaID

385677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385677)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Lophyrus Poli, 1791

Direct children (4)

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Species Chiton (Lophyrus) gemmulatus Shuttleworth, 1853 accepted as Chiton viridis L. Spengler, 1797 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) jugosus A. A. Gould, 1846 accepted as Rhyssoplax jugosa (A. A. Gould, 1846) (superseded combination)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) lugubris A. A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Chiton lugubris A. A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnoradsia) australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) represented as Ischnochiton australis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Chiton (Lophyrus) perviridis P. P. Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Rhyssoplax perviridis (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) (basionym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Lophyrus Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Lophyrus) Poli, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385677 on 2026-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2015-04-14 18:34:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-12 23:30:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2026-02-05 18:44:04Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Lophyrus Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 1: 2 [details]