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Terenochiton Iredale, 1914

AphiaID

385629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385629)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) subtropicalis Iredale, 1914 accepted as Terenochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912) (type by original designation)

Parent

Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889

Original name

Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914

Synonymised names

Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Terenochiton nomurai Sirenko & Saito, 2020
Species Terenochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
Species Terenochiton erratus Hull, 1923 accepted as Leptochiton matthewsianus (Bednall, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Terenochiton fairchildi Iredale & Hull, 1929 accepted as Leptochiton fairchildi (Iredale & Hull, 1929) (superseded combination)
Species Terenochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847) (superseded combination)
Species Terenochiton iscus Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Leptochiton badius (Hedley & Hull, 1909) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Terenochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886) accepted as Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
Species Terenochiton liratellus Iredale & Hull, 1925 accepted as Leptochiton liratellus (Iredale & Hull, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Terenochiton otagoensis Iredale & Hull, 1929 accepted as Leptochiton otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929) (superseded combination)
Species Terenochiton sperandus Iredale & Hull, 1925 accepted as Leptochiton sperandus (Iredale & Hull, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 28 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Terenochiton Iredale, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385629 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2011-08-03 18:20:58Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2015-06-12 22:39:33Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-06-17 22:58:05Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 28 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Sirenko B. (2019). Reinstatement of the genus Terenochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with a genus diagnosis emendation. Ruthenica. 29(3): 121-127., available online at https://ruthenica.net/sites/default/files/2020-02/vol29_121-127_Sirenko.pdf [details]