MolluscaBase - Leptochiton (Leptochiton) americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985

MolluscaBase name details

Leptochiton (Leptochiton) americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985

AphiaID

386663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386663)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Leptochiton americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptochiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Leptochiton (Leptochiton) americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
page(s): 91–93, fig. 40 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton (Leptochiton) americanus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386663 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2021-09-22 09:03:00Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
page(s): 91–93, fig. 40 [details]