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Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985
385816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385816)
accepted
Species
Leptochiton (Leptochiton) meiringae Kaas, 1985 · alternative representation (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptochiton (Leptochiton) meiringae Kaas, 1985) Kaas, P. (1985). Notes on Loricata, 11-14. 11. New species of <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 dredged off East London and Transkei, South Africa; 12. <i>Ischnochiton obtusus</i> Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1895, rediscovered; 13. On some little known chitons from the Tropical West Pacific Ocean; 14. <i>Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) vanbellei</i> spec. nov., a new Mediterranean chiton. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 59(25): 299-320., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150332
page(s): 305, figs 26-30. [details]
page(s): 305, figs 26-30. [details]
Type locality contained in East London
type locality contained in East London [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton meiringae Kaas, 1985. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385816 on 2026-03-01
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(of Leptochiton (Leptochiton) meiringae Kaas, 1985) Kaas, P. (1985). Notes on Loricata, 11-14. 11. New species of <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 dredged off East London and Transkei, South Africa; 12. <i>Ischnochiton obtusus</i> Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1895, rediscovered; 13. On some little known chitons from the Tropical West Pacific Ocean; 14. <i>Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) vanbellei</i> spec. nov., a new Mediterranean chiton. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 59(25): 299-320., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150332
page(s): 305, figs 26-30. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 305, figs 26-30. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
