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

Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tonicella*	Carpenter, 1873	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chiton marmoreus*	Fabricius, 1780	basionym
*Chiton flemingius*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Chiton fulminatus*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym
*Chiton laevigatus*	Fleming, 1813	synonym
*Chiton latus*	Lowe, 1825	synonym
*Chiton marmoreus*	Fabricius, 1780	synonym
*Chiton marmoreus var. caerulea*	Winkley, 1894	synonym
*Chiton pictus*	Bean in Thorpe, 1844	synonym
*Chiton submarmoreus*	Middendorff, 1847	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): marmorleddsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: marmoreret skallus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: mottled red chiton sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: chiton rouge marbré sources: Bousfield, E.L. 1964. Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. > Musée national du Canada, Ottawa. 89 p.

German: marmorierte Käferschnecke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian: marmorleddsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: marmorleddsnegl sources: Fauna Groenlandica: 420.

Norwegian Nynorsk: praktleddsnigel sources: Fauna Groenlandica: 420.

Nynorsk (Norwegian): praktleddsnigel

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	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780). 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:140151