WoRMS name details
Chiton elegans Frembly, 1827
1288100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288100)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Chiton elegans Blainville, 1825)
Species
- Variety Chiton elegans var. sparsus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Frembly J. (1827). A description of several new species of chitones, found on the coast of Chili, in 1825, with a few remarks on the method of taking and preserving them. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 193-205, pl. 16 suppl., 17 suppl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485719
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton elegans Frembly, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288100 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Frembly J. (1827). A description of several new species of chitones, found on the coast of Chili, in 1825, with a few remarks on the method of taking and preserving them. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 193-205, pl. 16 suppl., 17 suppl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485719
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ibáñez, C. M., Eernisse, D. J., Méndez, M. A., Valladares, M., Sellanes, J., Sirenko, B. I. & Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C. (2019). Phylogeny, divergence times and species delimitation of Tonicia (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 186: 915-933. [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=ltD7EAAAQBAJ
page(s): 297 [details]
[request]source of synonymy Kaas P., Van Belle R.A. & Strack H. 2006. Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacaphora); volume 6: Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded); Schizochitonidae & Chitonidae, additions to volumes 1-5. Brill, Leiden, 464 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=ltD7EAAAQBAJ
page(s): 297 [details]
