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: : Tonicellidae

Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius, 1780)

Range: 76°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 91 m (live 5 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm

Synonymy

Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780
Chiton laevigatus Fleming, 1813
Chiton pustulosus Verkrüzen, 1877
Chiton saintjohnensis Verkrüzen, 1877
Chiton caeruleus Winkley, 1894

Details

Chiton marmoreus Fabricius, 1780, p. 420-421
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Terkeingak, Greenland
Range: 76°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 91 m (live 5 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Quebec; USA: Massachusetts
References: Macpherson (1971) LlNSEWM; Abbott (1974) Dd

Chiton caeruleus Winkley, 1894,
[Synonym]

Chiton laevigatus Fleming, 1813,
[Synonym]
References: Macpherson (1971) s

Chiton pustulosus Verkrüzen, 1877,
[Synonym]
Range: 49.5°N ; 53°W
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1881a) NSEW

Chiton saintjohnensis Verkrüzen, 1877,
[Synonym]
Range: 47.5°N ; 52.8°W
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1881a) NSEW

Partial List of References

Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Greenlandica xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl. Joannis Gottlob Rothe: Hafniae et Lipsiae.

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