Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mottled Red Chiton
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 16 meters (51 feet).Standard Deviation = 587.180 based on 311 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Polyplacophora
()
- Chitons
- Order:
Neoloricata
()
- Family:
Chalcidoidea
()
- Genus:
Tonicella
()
- Carpenter
- Specific name:
marmorea
- (Fabricius, 1780)
- Scientific name: - Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius, 1780)
- Specific name:
marmorea
- (Fabricius, 1780)
- Genus:
Tonicella
(
- Family:
Chalcidoidea
(
- Order:
Neoloricata
(
- Class:
Polyplacophora
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Tonicella submarmorea (Middendorff, 1847)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 16-Dec-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tonicella
There are approximately 11 species in this genus:
T. blaneyi · T. insignis · T. lineata (Lined Red Chiton) · T. marmorea (Mottled Red Chiton) · T. rubra (Northern Red Chiton) · T. saccharina · T. sitkensis · T. squamigera · T. submarmorea · T. undocaerulea · T. venusta
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Further Reading
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- A manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects / by Henry Sherring Pratt with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1923. ENG url p. 487.
- Agriculture of Maine: annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Maine. Augusta: [State of Maine, Dept. of Agriculture, 1903-1940.] ENG url p. 232.
- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] ENG url p. 322.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 123, p. 257.
- Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 1, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 17, p. 3, p. 5, p. 6, p. 9.
- Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 257, p. 343.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 146.
- Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. Paris: La Société, 1896- FRE url p. 327.
- Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. St. John, N. B., Natural History Society of New Brunswick. ENG url p. 126, p. 133, p. 136, p. 213, p. 214, p. 310, p. 354, p. 362, p. 389, p. 399, p. 402, p. 426, p. 475, p. 482, p. 487, p. 500.
- Carotenoids, by Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker. Translated and rev. by Ernest A. Braude. New York, Elsevier Pub. Co., 1950. ENG url p. 375, p. 84.
- Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. ENG url p. 182, p. 339.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 625.
- Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) London: BM(NH), 1903-1940. ENG url p. 453.
- Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Christiania, Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1880-1901. NOR url p. 56.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 8.
- Hydrographical and biological investigations in Norwegian fiords. By O. Nordgaard. The protist plankton and the diatoms in bottom samples. By E. Jørgensen. With 21 plates and 10 figures in the text. Bergen, J. Grieg, 1905. ENG url p. 178.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. ENG url p. 285, p. 670.
- Meddelanden af Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsingfors[Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica] SWE url p. 176.
- Preliminary catalogue of the marine mollusca of the Pacific Coast of Canada, with notes upon their distribution. [S.l., s.n., 1895] ENG url p. 100, p. 20, p. 94.
- Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Délibérations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada. Ottawa [etc.]Société royale du Canada. FRE url p. 100, p. 124, p. 20, p. 94.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 204.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 296, p. 321, p. 324, p. 325, p. 326, p. 327, p. 343, p. 343, p. 659.
- Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram, " 1898-1902. Kristiania: In commission by T.O. Brøgger, 1907-1919. ENG url p. 37.
- Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco [Monaco]Impr. de Monaco, 1889-19 FRE url p. 30.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 321, p. 324, p. 325, p. 326, p. 327.
- The Nautilus. [Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc.] ENG url p. 10, p. 110, p. 129, p. 62, p. 88.
- Troms museums aarsberetning for Troms: [Troms museum], 1881- NOR url p. 39.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena [Germany]: G. Fischer, GER url p. 592.
- Zoologischer Jahresbericht. Berlin, R. Friedlander. GER url p. 11, p. 330, p. 60, p. 9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- GBIF-Sweden: Invertebrates (GBIF-SE:SMNH)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- NLBIF: Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NMR)
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2691557
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-78900
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13488654
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 705068
