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Animalia › Mollusca › Polyplacophora › Chitonida › Chitonidae › Acanthopleura
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Species
marine
Accepted
Checked & accepted
2 weeks ago
Name Authority Status Reason
Rochebrune, 1882
Junior subjective synonym

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Leloup, 1937
Junior subjective synonym

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Ashby, 1928
Unaccepted

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Ashby, 1923
Unaccepted

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E. A. Smith, 1884
Unaccepted
junior subjective synonym
Rochebrune, 1882
Unaccepted

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[sic]
Unaccepted
misspelling
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
Unaccepted
the nominal species is a synonym of Acanthopleura gemmata; W Indian Ocean records refer to A. testudo; Red Sea records to A. vaillantii (see Kaas et al. 2006)
Ang, 1967
Unaccepted

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Blainville, 1825
Unaccepted
original combination
A. Adams, 1855
Unaccepted
junior synonym
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Unaccepted

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No approved references are linked to this taxon yet.

Introduction event

2007
Tunisia
NIS
Casual

No reference linked

EcAp sub-region NIS status Establishment First record
Ionian Sea and Central Mediterranean

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Casual
2007

No country recorded.

CBD category Subcategory Type Uncertainty
5. Corridor
5.1: Interoceanic canals (e.g., Suez Canal, Gibraltar)
Primary
N/A

Occurrences

No occurrence has been recorded for this species yet.