Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882
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Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882 |
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Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882
Fig. 153M View FIGURE 153
Chiton fascicularis (?); Wood 1842, p. 459; Morris 1843, p. 142; Tennant 1847, p. 17; Wood 1848, p. 185, pl. 20, fig. 9a–b; Morris 1854, p. 243; Reid 1890, p. 261, tab. 3
Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882, p. 66 ; Malatesta 1962, p. 165; Van Belle 1981, p. 81.
Remarks. Wood (1848) described as Chiton fascicularis (?) some valves from the Pliocene Crag of Sutton ( U.K.), with a sculpture similar to that of Acanthochitona fascicularis ( Linnaeus, 1767) [now A. crinita ( Pennant, 1777) , after Kaas 1985a], but more elevated and angular. De Rochebrune (1882) considered this material very different from the known species and proposed the new taxon Acanthochites woodi . The description and figure of Wood (1848) (reproduced here, Fig. 153M View FIGURE 153 ) are not sufficient to identify the species with certainty, and the location of the Wood’s material is unknown, so this taxon should therefore be considered a species inquirenda.
“ Chiton ” damesi Koenen, 1892
Fig. 153N View FIGURE 153
Chiton damesi Koenen, 1892, p. 973 , pl. 59, figs 23a–c; Dell’Angelo & Palazzi 1989, p. 91.
Lepidopleurus (?) damesi ; Janssen 1978, p. 217.
Leptochiton? damesi ; Van Belle 1981, p. 33; Puchalski et al. 2008 (database: chiton fossil records).
Type material. Holotype: Gottinger Geologischen Institut (Koenen coll.), the tail valve figured by Koenen (1892: figs 23a–c).
Type locality. Latdorf , Magdeburg, eastern Germany ( Lower Oligocene) .
Remarks. No further material of this Oligocene taxon has been found since its original description. A possible attribution to Leptochiton by Janssen (1978). was based on Koenen’s diagnosis, as the holotype was never restudied after. The main features deduced from the original description and figure ( Fig. 153N View FIGURE 153 ), based on a single tail valve, are: depressed valve; sculpture given by thin ribs arranged in groups with discontinuous orientation; absence of tubercles; presence on the ventral side of the valve of a longitudinal furrow which extends from the mucro to the anterior edge; apophyses connected by a lamina. These characters are sufficient to exclude the attribution of this species to the family Leptochitonidae . At present, the generic attribution of this species remains uncertain.
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Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882
Dell’Angelo, Bruno, Sosso, Maurizio & Taviani, Marco 2025 |
Leptochiton ? damesi
Van Belle, R. A. 1981: 33 |
Lepidopleurus (?) damesi
Janssen, R. 1978: 217 |
Chiton damesi
Dell'Angelo, B. & Palazzi, S. 1989: 91 |
Koenen, A. von 1892: 973 |
Acanthochites woodi de Rochebrune, 1882 , p. 66
Van Belle, R. A. 1981: 81 |
Malatesta, A. 1962: 165 |
Rochebrune, A. T. de 1882: 66 |
Chiton fascicularis
Reid, C. 1890: 261 |
Wood, S. V. 1848: 185 |
Tennant, J. 1847: 17 |
Morris, J. 1843: 142 |
Wood, S. V. 1842: 459 |