WoRMS name details
Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
159928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159928)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Amicula emersonii (Couthouy, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amicula pallasii (Middendorff, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amicula rosea Yakovleva, 1952 · unaccepted
Chiton emersonianus A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (Unjustified emendation of Chiton...)
Unjustified emendation of Chiton emersonii Couthoy, 1838
Chiton emersonii Couthouy, 1838 · unaccepted
Chiton pallasii Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Stimpsoniella emersonii (Couthouy, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stimpsoniella pallasii (Middendorff, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Symmetrogephyrus pallasii (Middendorff, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Chiton vestitus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 368 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
Note "Oceano Arctico", without a precise locality
Type locality "Oceano Arctico", without a precise locality [details]
Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts
Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159928 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton vestitus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 368 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 368 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 83, pl. VI, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p. [details]
[request]additional source Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 83, pl. VI, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Oceano Arctico", without a precise locality [details]Unreviewed
Diet herbivores [details]Dimensions 25 to 50 mm [details]
Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate but they are indistinguishable externally. fertilization is external and usually the eggs are shed into the water [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | concealed arctic chiton | [details] |
| German | Arktische Löcher-Käferschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Symmetrogephyrus vestitus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amicula vestita)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093833)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Symmetrogephyrus vestitus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amicula vestita)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093833)
To ITIS
