Leptochiton sykesi (Sowerby III, 1903 )

Sellanes, Enrico Schwabe Javier, 2010, Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (1), pp. 31-55 : 37

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scientific name	Leptochiton sykesi (Sowerby III, 1903 )
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Treatment

Leptochiton sykesi (Sowerby III, 1903) View in CoL Chiton (Hanleya) sykesi Sowerby III, 1903 — Sowerby (1903: 225, pl. 5, fig. 13).

Name-bearing types Syntypes ( NHM 1903.7 .22.47, figured in original description; 2 x NHM 1903.7.22.45–46; 2 x SAMC A-5342). NHM material examined .

Type locality South Africa, “ Cape Point Lighthouse (False Bay) bearing E.; distant 26.5 miles; depth, 210 fathoms. Also Vasco de Gama Pk. bearing S. 75°E; distant 13.5 miles; depth, 166 fathoms” .

References

Sowerby, G. B., III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. Marine Investigations in South Africa, 2, 213 - 232. pls 3 - 5.

Abbreviations

SAMC	Iziko Museums of Cape Town

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Polyplacophora
Order	Lepidopleurida
Family	Leptochitonidae
Genus	Leptochiton

Leptochiton sykesi (Sowerby III, 1903 )

Sellanes, Enrico Schwabe Javier 2010

2010

Leptochiton sykesi

Sowerby, G. B., III. 1903: 225

1903

Specimens