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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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.183815

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6234329

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scientific name

Leptochiton alveolus
status

 

Leptochiton alveolus View in CoL (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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

SubClass

Neoloricata

Order

Lepidopleurida

SubOrder

Lepidopleurina

Family

Leptochitonidae

Genus

Leptochiton

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

SubClass

Neoloricata

Order

Chitonida

SubOrder

Lepidopleurina

Family

Chitonidae

Genus

Chiton

Loc

Leptochiton alveolus

Schwabe, Enrico 2008
2008
Loc

Chiton alveolus

Loven 1846: 159
1846
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