OCEAN-UKRAINE - Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

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Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 9.4 and 15.0 mm).

AphiaID

138089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138089)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tonicellinae Simroth, 1894

Original name

Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 · alternative representation

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Species Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Subgenus Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 represented as Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821
1. Species Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2026) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138089 on 2026-07-12

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Lepidochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138089 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2005-04-05 17:36:55Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2011-06-23 15:24:42Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2012-03-20 12:46:08Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2019-09-01 21:27:28Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2021-01-25 04:53:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-25 16:08:26Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-10-25 15:13:48Z

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Herbert, David

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original description Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

taxonomy source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors