Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Mopalioidea > Family Lepidochitonidae > Subfamily Lepidochitoninae > Genus Lepidochitona > Subgenus Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona)

Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidochitona*	Gray, 1821	accepted genus name
*Beanella*	Dall, 1882	synonym
*Trachydermon*	Carpenter, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Chiton cinereus*	Linnaeus, 1767	basionym
*Chiton cimex*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Chiton cimicinus*	Spengler, 1797	synonym
*Chiton cinereus*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Chiton fuscatus*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Chiton marginatus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Chiton quinquivalvis*	Brown, 1823	synonym
*Chiton variegatus*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Chiton variegatus*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. adumbrata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. albocarinata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. miniata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. nigrescens*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. rubrocarinata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Ischnochiton marginatus var. straminea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Lepidopleurus carinatus*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: asgrauwe keverslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: grey chiton sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

French: chiton cendré; chiton gris sources: 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.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: graue Käferschnecke; Rändel Käferschnecke

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	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2014). Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona) cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:140143