MolluscaBase taxon details
Rhyssoplax polita (L. Spengler, 1797)
1392830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1392830)
accepted
Species
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus L. Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted
Chiton capensis Schröter, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted
Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Chiton tulipa alfredensis Ashby, 1928 · unaccepted
marine
(of Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1392830 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 389 [details]
original description (of Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821 [details]
original description (of Chiton tulipa alfredensis Ashby, 1928) Ashby, E. (1928). South African Chitons, being a description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18 (2): 76-92.
page(s): 87, pl. 8, figs 19-21. [details]
original description (of Chiton capensis Schröter, 1801) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details]
page(s): 389 [details]
original description (of Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821 [details]
original description (of Chiton tulipa alfredensis Ashby, 1928) Ashby, E. (1928). South African Chitons, being a description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18 (2): 76-92.
page(s): 87, pl. 8, figs 19-21. [details]
original description (of Chiton capensis Schröter, 1801) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tulip chiton [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Malacopics (Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, Gonubie Mouth)
To Malacopics (Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula, ex coll. R. Platenkamp .)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiton politus L. Spengler, 1797)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax polita)
To Malacopics (Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, Gonubie Mouth)
To Malacopics (Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula, ex coll. R. Platenkamp .)
