Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Polyplacophora: Neoloricata: : Lepidopleuridae

Leptochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)

Range: 52°S to 54.5°S; 70°W to 38°W
Depth: 2.5 to 115 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm

Synonymy

Lepidopleurus kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
Terenochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
Leptochiton pagenstecheri Pfeffer, 1886

Details

Lepidopleurus kerguelensis Haddon, 1886,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 52°S to 54.5°S; 70°W to 61°W
Depth: 2.5 to 115 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile; Indian Ocean: Kerguelen
References: Carcelles (1953); Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) DdNSEW; Sirenko (2006) DdNSEM
Combining Genera: Terenochiton

Leptochiton pagenstecheri Pfeffer, 1886,
[Synonym]
Range: 54°S to 54°S; 38°W
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

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