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Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791

152781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152781)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Polyplacophora
  5. Neoloricata
  6. Chitonida
  7. Chitonina
  8. Chitonoidea
  9. Stenosemusidae
  10. Lophyrus
  11. Lophyrus melphictensis
 unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy, not available)
Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) represented as Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Species
Lophyrus Poli, 1791 accepted as Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847
marine
Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 4 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152781 on 2026-10-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lophyrus melphictensis Poli, 1791. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152781 on 2026-10-05
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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2014-01-06 16:49:09Z
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Gofas, Serge
2019-08-30 21:19:42Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2022-11-05 03:01:07Z
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Marshall, Bruce

original description Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 4 [details] 

basis of record Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

source of synonymy Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
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