MolluscaBase - Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) rufoi García-Ríos, 2010

MolluscaBase name details

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) rufoi García-Ríos, 2010

AphiaID

479132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479132)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Lepidochitona rufoi García-Ríos, 2010

Rank

Species

Parent

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 represented as Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) rufoi García-Ríos, 2010

Environment

marine

Original description

Garcia-Ríos, C. I. (2010). Nueva especie del quitón Lepidochitona (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) de Puerto Rico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 58(2): 635–644.
page(s): 636, figs 1-7 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 1-2 m

Depth range 1-2 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) rufoi García-Ríos, 2010. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479132 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-14 10:26:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-05-21 21:34:16Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-02-11 12:40:13Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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

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original description Garcia-Ríos, C. I. (2010). Nueva especie del quitón Lepidochitona (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) de Puerto Rico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 58(2): 635–644.
page(s): 636, figs 1-7 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Depth range 1-2 m [details]

Dimensions 3.5-4 mm [details]

Habitat the author speaks for one specimen of an association with the green algae Halimeda discoidea; 3 other specimens were found associated with the gastropod Astrae tuber. [details]