WoRMS taxon details
Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846)
386353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386353)
accepted
Species
Chiton colliei Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted
Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
- Subspecies Mopalia muscosa laevior Pilsbry, 1918 accepted as Mopalia vespertina (A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Mopalia muscosa lignosa (A. Gould, 1846) accepted as Mopalia lignosa (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Mopalia muscosa var. porifera Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Mopalia porifera Pilsbry, 1893 (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 142. [details]
page(s): 142. [details]
Type locality contained in Puget Sound
type locality contained in Puget Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386353 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 142. [details]
original description (of Chiton colliei 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 Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 530 [details]
page(s): 142. [details]
original description (of Chiton colliei 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 Mopalia consimilis P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 530 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia muscosa)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846)
To Malacopics (Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846))
To Malacopics (Mopalia muscosa (Gould, 1846) United States, Washington, Puget Sound, Hood Canal Br...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mopalia muscosa)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846)
To Malacopics (Mopalia muscosa (A. Gould, 1846))
To Malacopics (Mopalia muscosa (Gould, 1846) United States, Washington, Puget Sound, Hood Canal Br...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chiton muscosus A. Gould, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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