Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leptochiton albemarlensis
Molusca, Molusc
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Lepidopleurida
Suborder
Lepidopleurina
Family
Leptochitonidae
Genus
Leptochiton
Species
albemarlensis
Taxon category: Accepted
CAS: 16440 (Holotype) (ex Geology Department Type collection no. 58247), 16441 (Paratype) (ex Geology Department Type collection no. 58248)
Origin: Endemic
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptochiton albemarlensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10079. Accessed 16 July 2025.