Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Chitonina > Superfamily Chitonoidea > Family Chitonidae > Subfamily Chitoninae > Genus Chiton > Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax)

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chiton*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chiton olivaceus*	Spengler, 1797	basionym
*Chiton estuarii*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Chiton olivaceus*	Spengler, 1797	synonym
*Chiton polii*	Deshayes, 1835	synonym
*Chiton rubellus*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Chiton siculus*	Gray J.E., 1828	synonym
*Chiton squammulosus*	Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Chiton striatus*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Lepidopleurus sulcatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: quitó verd sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Czech: chroustnatka středomořská

Dutch: groene keverslak; olijfkleurige schubkeverslak

English: green chiton

French: chiton vert

German: bunte Käferschnecke; grüne Käferschnecke sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: quitón verde

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Schwabe, E. (2014). Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797. 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:387241