Chiton marmoratus

Min Depth

0 meters

Max Depth

1 meters

Overall Geographic Range

Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Veracruz and Yucatán, Mexico to Southern Caribbean

Habitat-Biology

benthic
epibiotic
rocky intertidal

References

Abbott, R. T. 1974. American Seashells; second edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York.
Bullock, R. C. 1988. The genus Chiton in the New World (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae). The Veliger 31: 141–191.
Espinosa, J., R. Fernández-Garcés, and E. Rolán. 1995. Catálogo actualizado de los moluscos marinos actuales de Cuba. Sociedad Española de Malacología, Reseñas Malacológicas IX: 1–90.
Reyes-Gómez, A., and M. A. Salcedo-Vargas. 2002. The Recent Mexican chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) species. The Festivus 34: 17–27.
Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Mesoamerican Ecology Institute, Monograph 1, Middle American Research Institute, Publication 54.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Lyons, W. G. and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 569–578 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-25-2024.

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