WoRMS name details
Chiton castaneus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
1552996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1552996)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Chiton castaneus W. Wood, 1815)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 387, pl. 74 fig. 33-34 [details]
page(s): 387, pl. 74 fig. 33-34 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chiton castaneus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1552996 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 387, pl. 74 fig. 33-34 [details]
page(s): 387, pl. 74 fig. 33-34 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1987). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 3: Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, & Ischnochitonidae (pars). Additions to Vols 1 & 2.. <i>* E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 302 pp.</i>:
page(s): 83 [details]
page(s): 83 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
