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Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)

corallinus_6-valved
corallinus_6-valved

1288184  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288184)

accepted
Species
Chiton freelandi Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Chiton philippii Issel, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton pulchellus R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Chiton...)  
junior homonym of Chiton pulchellus Gray, 1828
Chiton rubellus Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lepidopleurus corallinus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Lepidopleurus corallinus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 268 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288184 on 2026-06-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288184 on 2026-06-07
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2018-07-28 05:32:24Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-12-09 19:42:22Z
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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Lepidopleurus corallinus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 268 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton rubicundus O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): i, iii [details] 

original description (of Chiton freelandi Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details] 

original description (of Chiton philippii Issel, 1870) Issel, A. (1870). Intorno ai Chiton del mare di Genova. <em>Bullettino Malacologico Italiano.</em> 3: 5-9. [details] 

original description (of Chiton pulchellus R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details] 

original description (of Chiton rubellus Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details] 

basis of record Dell'Angelo B., Lesport J.F., Cluzaud A. & Sosso M. (2018). The Oligocene to Miocene chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwestern France, and Ligerian Basin, western France. Part 1: Leptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Spinochitonidae fam. nov. and Schizochitonidae. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 54(1): 1-47.
page(s): 30, figs 6M-U [details] 

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 179, fig. 89 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2026). Polyplacophora from the southwestern Adriatic Sea, with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5821(3): 361-386., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.3.3
page(s): 378, fig. 15 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Van Dingenen, F.; Ceulemans, L. (2018). The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4447(1): 1-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4447.1.1
page(s): 35, fig. 18 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Chiton rubicundus O. G. Costa, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Chiton pulchellus R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax corallina) 
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax corallina) 
To Conchology (Rhyssoplax corallina) 
To Malacopics (Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826) Italy, Sicilia, Trapani, Isola di Marettimo) 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton pulchellus R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton rubellus Pilsbry, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826))
To PESI (from synonym Lepidopleurus corallinus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton rubicundus O. G. Costa, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton freelandi Forbes, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton philippii Issel, 1870)
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