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Loricella Pilsbry, 1893
385560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385560)
accepted
Genus
Lorica angasi H. Adams, 1864 accepted as Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864) (type by original designation)
Componochiton Milne, 1963 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted (original rank)
Loricella (Pseudoloricella) Ashby, 1925 † · unaccepted
Sinolorica F.-S. Xu, 1990 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864)
- Species Loricella dellangeloi Sirenko, 2008
- Species Loricella eernissei Sirenko, 2008
- Species Loricella gigantea Ashby & Torr, 1901 †
- Species Loricella magnopustulosa Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
- Species Loricella neoguinensis Sirenko, 2021
- Species Loricella paucipustulosa Ashby & Torr, 1901 †
- Species Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
- Species Loricella raceki (Milne, 1963)
- Species Loricella scissurata (F.-S. Xu, 1990)
- Species Loricella sculpta Ashby, 1921 †
- Species Loricella solomonensis Sirenko, 2021
- Species Loricella vanbellei Sirenko, 2008
- Subgenus Loricella (Pseudoloricella) Ashby, 1925 † accepted as Loricella Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Loricella atkinsoni Hull, 1915 † accepted as Loricella paucipustulosa Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loricella magnifica Hull, 1915 † accepted as Loricella gigantea Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loricella octoradiata Hull, 1915 † accepted as Loricella paucipustulosa Ashby & Torr, 1901 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Loricella oviformis (Nierstrasz, 1905) accepted as Squamophora oviformis Nierstrasz, 1905
- Species Loricella torri Ashby, 1919 accepted as Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864)
- Species Loricella concava Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221
page(s): 238 [details]
page(s): 238 [details]
Distribution Sagami Bay and Omurodashi Bank (Japan), South of East China Sea, north of South China
Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon...
Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon...
Distribution Sagami Bay and Omurodashi Bank (Japan), South of East China Sea, north of South China
Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga Islands, New Caledonia, South and East Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand [details]
Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga Islands, New Caledonia, South and East Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loricella Pilsbry, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385560 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Componochiton Milne, 1963) Milne, K.L. (1963). A new deep-water chiton (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) From eastern Australia. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 1(7): 25-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1963.10673796
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Sinolorica F.-S. Xu, 1990) Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] (1990) New genus and species of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the East China Sea. <i>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnoloy</i> 8(4): 375—377. [details]
original description (of Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221
page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Loricella (Pseudoloricella) 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]
basis of record Sirenko, B. (2021). Composition of the genus <em>Loricella</em> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Loricidae) and the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4981(2): 275-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Sinolorica F.-S. Xu, 1990) Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] (1990) New genus and species of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the East China Sea. <i>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnoloy</i> 8(4): 375—377. [details]
original description (of Lorica (Loricella) Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221
page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Loricella (Pseudoloricella) 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]
basis of record Sirenko, B. (2021). Composition of the genus <em>Loricella</em> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Loricidae) and the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4981(2): 275-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.4 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Sagami Bay and Omurodashi Bank (Japan), South of East China Sea, north of South ChinaSea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga Islands, New Caledonia, South and East Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand [details]
