Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Leptochitonidae > Genus Leptochiton

Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptochiton*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton)*		synonym
*Leptochiton (Leptochiton)*		synonym

Species group names

*Chiton cancellatus*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1840	basionym
*Chiton cancellatus*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1840	synonym
*Chiton tuberculatus*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Lepidochiton cancellatus*		synonym
*Lepidopleurus cancellatus*	(Sowerby, 1839)	synonym
*Lepidopleurus sulci*	Baluk, 1971	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ronde keverslak

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2014). Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840). 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:140201