WoRMS name details
Lepidopleurus opacus Dall, 1908
152702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152702)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 354-355 [details]
page(s): 354-355 [details]
Note Between the Galapagos Islands and the Peruvian...
Type locality Between the Galapagos Islands and the Peruvian coast, in 2005 fathoms. Also Gulf of Panama, in 1270 fathom [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lepidopleurus opacus Dall, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152702 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 354-355 [details]
page(s): 354-355 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Van Belle, R. A. (1983-1988). De Europese keverslakken (Polyplacophora) [The European Polyplacophora]. <em>Vita Marina.</em> Jan.-Mrt: 9-132. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as a synonym of Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846), deemed cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Schwabe, E. (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). pp. 205–222 in Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (eds). Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 1–574
page(s): 213 [details]
note: treated as a synonym of Leptochiton alveolus (Lovén, 1846), deemed cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Schwabe, E. (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). pp. 205–222 in Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (eds). Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 1–574
page(s): 213 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Between the Galapagos Islands and the Peruvian coast, in 2005 fathoms. Also Gulf of Panama, in 1270 fathom [details]
