Chiton tuberculatus

Author
Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names
  • West Indian Green Chiton

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
2 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, 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.

  • Lyons, W. G., and J. F. Quinn, Jr. 1995. Appendix J. Marine and terrestrial species: Phylum Mollusca. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Draft Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 3: J10–J26.

  • Reyes-Gómez, A., and M. A. Salcedo-Vargas. 2002. The Recent Mexican chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) species. The Festivus 34: 17–27.

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, 05-11-2024.

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