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Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Systema Naturae, ed. 13: 3206.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Polyplacophora
order
Lepidopleurida
family
Leptochitonidae
genus
Leptochiton
species
Leptochiton asellus

Name

Synonyms
Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791
Chiton cinereus Montagu, 1803
Chiton fuscatus Leach, 1852
Chiton scoticus Leach, 1852
Lepidopleurus asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
Homonyms
Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
Common names
Assel-Käferschnecke in German
Assel-Käferschnecke in German
Assel-Käferschnecke in German
Grå skallus in Danish
Leptochiton in French
coat-of-mail chiton in English
coat-of-mail chiton in English
gewone pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
gewone pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
grå skallus in language.
grå skallus in language.
pill chiton in English
pill chiton in English
pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
sortstripet leddsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
Pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
sortstripet leddsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
Assel-Käferschnecke in German
Gewone pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
coat-of-mail chiton in English
gewone pissebedkeverslak in Dutch
grå skallus in Danish
pill chiton in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377. 10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
  2. Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker
  3. Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). <em>Diversity.</em> 15(3): 359: 1-17.
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