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

Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidopleurus*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chiton cajetanus*	Poli, 1791	basionym
*Chiton cajetanus*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Chiton concentricus*	Sowerby G.B. II, 1841	synonym
*Chiton decoratus*	Reuss, 1860	synonym
*Chiton foliatus*	Allan, 1818	synonym
*Chiton reussi*	Prochazka, 1895	synonym
*Chiton subcajetanus*	d'Orbigny, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geribde keverslak

French: chiton écailleux sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: chitone blanco sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: quitón blanco

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	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
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

GenBank (9 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791). 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:140194