MolluscaBase taxon details
Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
386270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386270)
accepted
Species
Chiton (Acanthopleura) blauneri Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Chiton (Acanthopleura) mucronulatus Shuttleworth, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Chiton convexus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted
Chiton granulatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton occidentalis Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted
Chiton piceus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Chiton salamander L. Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted
marine
(of Chiton granulatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
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original description
(of Chiton granulatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Acanthopleura) blauneri Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 168-175, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862227
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Chiton convexus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]
original description (of Chiton piceus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Chiton salamander 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
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Chiton occidentalis Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Acanthopleura) mucronulatus Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 203 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> 569-578. [details]
additional source Hamilton, S. H. (1903). Habits of <i>Acanthopleura granulata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(12): 138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754393#page/170/ [details]
additional source Questel, K. & Hochart, J. (2018). Annotated list of flora and fauna on the Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla BWI. <em>Agence Territoriale de l'Environnement St. Barthélemy.</em> 41pp. + annexes.
page(s): Appendix [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Randall, C. W. & Martin, R. F. (1987). Distribution, abundance, and movement patterns of shoreline chitons of the Caribbean coast of Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 101(2): 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097568 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Acanthopleura) blauneri Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 168-175, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862227
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Chiton convexus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>. (Malentoz.) pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184 [details]
original description (of Chiton piceus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Chiton salamander 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
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Chiton occidentalis Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Acanthopleura) mucronulatus Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 203 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> 569-578. [details]
additional source Hamilton, S. H. (1903). Habits of <i>Acanthopleura granulata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(12): 138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754393#page/170/ [details]
additional source Questel, K. & Hochart, J. (2018). Annotated list of flora and fauna on the Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla BWI. <em>Agence Territoriale de l'Environnement St. Barthélemy.</em> 41pp. + annexes.
page(s): Appendix [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Randall, C. W. & Martin, R. F. (1987). Distribution, abundance, and movement patterns of shoreline chitons of the Caribbean coast of Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 101(2): 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097568 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Acanthopleura granulata)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura granulata)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura granulata)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bonaire, Lac Bay, intertidal under rocks, collected February 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Kralendijke)
To ITIS
To Conchology (Acanthopleura granulata)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura granulata)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bonaire, Lac Bay, intertidal under rocks, collected February 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Kralendijke)
To ITIS
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