(Tonicella marmorea)

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Tonicella marmorea and detail of scale pattern on girdle. (Courtesy of @ Dansk Historisk Forening. Danmarks Fauna, Bengt J. Muus, 1959, fig.27 by Poul H. Winther & fig.19e by B. Muus, respectively) – Ljósm. Guðmundur Guðmundsson

Almennt

Tonicella marmorea (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Synonyms:

Chiton punctatus Olafsen & Povelsen 1772

Chiton marmoreus Mørch 1868

Boreochiton marmoreus Johansen 1902

Trachydermon marmoreus   

Reference to best descriptions of the species:

Kaas & Van Belle 1985b: 139-142, Fig 64,

Muus 1959: 47-49, Figs 19e, 27.

BIOICE stations: 2185 (2), 2548 (3)

Other records: West Iceland, 21 localities (Knudsen 1949) 

Bathymetrical range within the area: 0 - 80 m (64-68 m)

Substrate: Hard bottom, stones

Temperature: 5.4 - 6.3 °C

World distribution: Arctic-circumboreal: Barents Sea, White Sea, Kara Sea, near Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land, Norwegian coast to western coast of France, the Faroes, Northern Canada south to Massachusetts Bay. In the Pacific Ocean: near the Kurile, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, the Commander, the Aleutian Islands.  

World bathymetrical range: 0 - 230 m

Cite this page as: Jon-Arne Sneli and Gudmundsson, G. (2018). Polyplacophora (Nökkvar).http://ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/polyplacophora/tonicella-marmorea

References at: http://ni.is/biota/animalia/mollusca/polyplacophora

Útbreiðslukort

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Útbreiðsla Tonicella marmorea (Bioice samples, red dots; miscellaneous IINH museum samples, blue dots)

Myndir

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Tonicella marmorea – Ljósm. Svanhildur Egilsdóttir
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Tonicella marmorea – Ljósm. Svanhildur Egilsdóttir

Höfundur

Guðmundur Guðmundsson 2018

Biota

Ríki (Kingdom)
Dýr (Animalia)
Fylking (Phylum)
Lindýr (Mollusca)
Flokkur (Class)
Nökkvar (Polyplacophora)
Tegund (Species)
(Tonicella marmorea)