Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from São Tomé and Príncipe Islands
Author
Dell’Angelo, Bruno
Museo di Zoologia, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy
bruno.dellangelo@chitons.it
Author
Schwabe, Enrico
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 München, Germany
enrico.schwabe@zsm.mwn.de
Author
Gori, Sandro
Via Sernesi 7, 57123 Livorno, Italy;
Author
Sosso, Maurizio
Via Bengasi 4, 16153 Genova, Italy
Author
Bonfitto, Antonio
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy;
antonio.bonfitto@unibo.it
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African Invertebrates
2014
2014-07-16
55
2
171
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journal article
58582
10.5281/zenodo.7680891
0eaabf0d-5f07-4d53-aad2-9372ccac3303
2305-2562
7680891
B5CAA0D6-6F90-4311-899F-210544BFDCFF
Genus
Chaetopleura
Shuttleworth, 1853
Chaetopleura
:
Shuttleworth 1853: 182
.
Type
species:
Chiton peruvianus
Lamarck, 1819
, by subsequent designation (
Dall 1879: 296
).
For synonymy, see Kaas & Van Belle (1987).
Distribution: Worldwide, but most species occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, and South and Central America (Schwabe 2006). Oligocene – Recent.