WoRMS taxon details
Amicula J. E. Gray, 1847
159926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159926)
accepted
Genus
Chiton vestitus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788) (type by subsequent designation)
Amicula (Chlamydochiton) Dall, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amycula J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chiton (Symmetrogephyrus) Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chlamydochiton Dall, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stimpsoniella P. P. Carpenter, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Symmetrogephyrus Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788)
- Species Amicula gurjanovae Yakovleva, 1952
- Subgenus Amicula (Chlamydochiton) Dall, 1878 accepted as Amicula J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amicula emersonii (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amicula pallasii (Middendorff, 1847) accepted as Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amicula rosea Yakovleva, 1952 accepted as Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788)
- Species Amicula vestita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Amicula amiculata (Pallas, 1788) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amicula J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159926 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847 [details]
original description (of Symmetrogephyrus Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): pp. 33-34 [offprint] [details]
original description (of Stimpsoniella P. P. Carpenter, 1873) Carpenter, P. P. (1873). On the generic affinities of the New England chitons. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.</em> 5(9): 152-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8786294
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Amicula (Chlamydochiton) Dall, 1878) Dall, W. H. (1878). Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collections of the National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United Stated National Museum.</em> 1(1): 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651127 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Symmetrogephyrus) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
basis of record Iredale, T. (1925). The status of <i>Amicula</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 39(2): 47-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524674 [details]
original description (of Symmetrogephyrus Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): pp. 33-34 [offprint] [details]
original description (of Stimpsoniella P. P. Carpenter, 1873) Carpenter, P. P. (1873). On the generic affinities of the New England chitons. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.</em> 5(9): 152-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8786294
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Amicula (Chlamydochiton) Dall, 1878) Dall, W. H. (1878). Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collections of the National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United Stated National Museum.</em> 1(1): 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651127 [details]
original description (of Chiton (Symmetrogephyrus) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details]
basis of record Iredale, T. (1925). The status of <i>Amicula</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 39(2): 47-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524674 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Sirenko, B. (2024). Revision of the genus <i>Amicula</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae). <em>Zoosystematica Rossica.</em> 33(2): 363-382., available online at https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2024.33.2.363 [details]
Other
additional source
Rehder, H. A. (1937). The type of <i>Amicula</i> Gray. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(4): 142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524591 [details]
additional source Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 82 [details]
additional source Yakovleva, A. M. (1952). [in Russian] Shell-bearing Mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the USSR. Fauna USSR no. 45: 107 pp, 53 figs., 11 pls. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
page(s): 82 [details]
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