Leptochiton alveolus

Schwabe, Enrico, 2008, A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca) *, Zootaxa 1866, pp. 205-222 : 213

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Leptochiton alveolus (M. Sars MS, Lovén, 1846)

Chiton alveolus M. Sars MS, Lovén 1846: 159.

The species was subsequently reported from the following localities:

specimen number unknown; from Spain, Galicia, west of Cabo Finisterre (43 °01'N, 09° 37 'W), 2018 m ( Locard 1898) [locality data kindly provided by Virginie Héros, France]

1 specimen from the Bay of Biscay (44 ° 10 'N, 04° 16 'W), 2170 m; 1 specimen from the Bay of Biscay (46 ° 27 'N, 10 ° 26 'W) 4825 m; 1 specimen from the Bay of Biscay (44 ° 10 'N, 05° 15 'W), 1870–2000 m ( Kaas 1979)

Remarks: There are several more abyssal records of Leptochiton alveolus in the literature, but the present

author divided the data into Atlantic records ( L. alveolus ) and IndoPacific records ( L. belknapi , see below),

following the opinions of Kaas & Van Belle (1987).

References

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1987) Monograph of living chitons. (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) 3, Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, Ischnochitoninae (pars), additions to vols 1 & 2, E. J. Brill / W. Backhuys, Leiden, 1 - 302 pp.

Kaas, P. (1979) On a collection of Polyplacophora (Mollusca, Amphineura) from the bay of Biscay. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, section A, (A (1 )) 4 (A), 13 - 31, 5 pls.

Locard, A. (1898) Mollusques testaces. Expedition scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les annees 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, Paris, 1 - 515, pl 1 - 18.

Loven, S. L. (1846) Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps- Akademiens Forhandlingar, 3, 135 - 204.