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Tonicella lineata (lined red chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Taxonomy
Chiton lineatus was named by Wood (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tonicella lineata by Berry (1922), Abbott (1974), Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Chiton lineatus Wood
1922Tonicella lineata Berry p. 433
1974Tonicella lineata Abbott p. 398
2021Tonicella lineata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyIschnochitonidaeDall 1889
genusTonicellaCarpenter 1873
specieslineata(Wood 1815)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tonicella lineata Wood 1815 [lined red chiton]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Tonicella lineata (96590 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Tonicella lineata (37933 37937 37947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tonicella lineata (202936 207041 222973)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Tonicella lineata (52347)