WoRMS name details
Mopalia (Semimopalia) Dall, 1919
754104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:754104)
unaccepted (synonym)
Subgenus
Mopalia (Semimopalia) grisea Dall, 1919 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (type by monotypy)
- Species Mopalia (Semimopalia) grisea Dall, 1919 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
marine
Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610
page(s): 514 [details]
page(s): 514 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mopalia (Semimopalia) Dall, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754104 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610
page(s): 514 [details]
page(s): 514 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1994). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 5. Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Volumes 1-4. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 402 pp. [details]
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