Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Mopaliidae > Subfamily Mopaliinae > Genus Placiphorella

Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & S. I. Smith in Verrill, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placiphorella*	Dall, 1879	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica*	Verrill & S. I. Smith in Verrill, 1882	basionym
*Chiton coronatus*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica*	Verrill & S. I. Smith in Verrill, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]
redescription	Clark R.N. (1994) Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 37(3): 290-311. [1 July 1994]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2014). Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & S. I. Smith in Verrill, 1882). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140387