MolluscaBase - Callochiton platessa (A. Gould, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Callochiton platessa (A. Gould, 1846)

AphiaID

214888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214888)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted Name

Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) versicolor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) represented as Ischnochiton versicolor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Chiton platessa A. Gould, 1846

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Variety Callochiton platessa var. fossa Ashby, 1922 accepted as Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Chiton platessa A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 143. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callochiton platessa (A. Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214888 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-10-31 11:20:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-03-31 11:39:31Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2012-10-25 13:34:36Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2014-04-22 07:56:44Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2023-09-30 19:03:52Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chiton platessa A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 143. [details]

basis of record Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn., R. N. 2003. Marine molluscs of Vietnam. Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-300. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)