MolluscaBase - Chiton (Leptochiton) comptus A. Gould, 1859

WoRMS name details

Chiton (Leptochiton) comptus A. Gould, 1859

AphiaID

387085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387085)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Ischnochiton (Haploplax) comptus (A. Gould, 1859) represented as Ischnochiton comptus (A. Gould, 1859)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chiton (Leptochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Leptochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Chiton (Leptochiton) comptus A. Gould, 1859

Environment

marine

Original description

Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 163 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Ryukyu Islands

type locality contained in Ryukyu Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton (Leptochiton) comptus A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387085 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 14:09:41Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2021-09-07 17:34:06Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 161-166., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721
page(s): 163 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection