WoRMS taxon details
Sypharochiton sinclairi (J. E. Gray, 1843)
724151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724151)
accepted
Species
Chiton sinclairi J. E. Gray, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton sinclairi J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 263 [details]
page(s): 263 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sypharochiton sinclairi (J. E. Gray, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724151 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton sinclairi J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 263 [details]
basis of record Nikula, R., Spencer, H.G. & Waters, J.M. (2011). Evolutionary consequences of microhabitat: population-genetic structuring in kelp-vs. rock-associated chitons. <em>Molecular Ecology 20: 4915-4924.</em> [details]
page(s): 263 [details]
basis of record Nikula, R., Spencer, H.G. & Waters, J.M. (2011). Evolutionary consequences of microhabitat: population-genetic structuring in kelp-vs. rock-associated chitons. <em>Molecular Ecology 20: 4915-4924.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Veale, A. J., Williams, L., Tsai, P., Thakur, V. & Lavery, S. (2014). The complete mitochondrial genomes of two chiton species (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis and Sypharochiton sinclairi) obtained using Illumina next generation sequencing. <em>Mitochondrial DNA 2014.</em> [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
