WoRMS taxon details
Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834)
848051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848051)
accepted
Species
Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) apiculata (Say, 1834) · alternative representation
Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton jayi DeKay, 1843 · unaccepted
marine
(of Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): Appendix [details]
page(s): Appendix [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848051 on 2025-06-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): Appendix [details]
original description (of Chiton jayi DeKay, 1843) DeKay, J. E. (1843). Zoology of New York. Zoology 5. Albany. [details]
original description (of Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 168-175, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862227
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]
page(s): Appendix [details]
original description (of Chiton jayi DeKay, 1843) DeKay, J. E. (1843). Zoology of New York. Zoology 5. Albany. [details]
original description (of Chiton (Chaetopleura) candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 5: 168-175, fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862227
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden. [details]
Other
additional source
Johnson, C. W. (1900). Additional chitons from the Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie River, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(11): 130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800034 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | West Indian ribbed chitoneastern beaded chitoncommon eastern chitonbee chiton | [details] |
| German | Gerippte Westindische KäferschneckeGemeine Ostatlantische KäferschneckeBienenchiton | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetopleura apiculata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834)
To Malacopics (Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834) United States, Rhode Island, collected 1972-1-, e...
To Malacopics (Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) apiculata (Say, 1834))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031588)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetopleura apiculata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Chiton apiculatus Say, 1834)
To Malacopics (Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834) United States, Rhode Island, collected 1972-1-, e...
To Malacopics (Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) apiculata (Say, 1834))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031588)
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