title: A new name for the deep-sea chiton Leptochiton clarki Sigwart & Sirenko non Berry (Lepidopleurida: Leptochitonidae).
abstract: Recently we described several new species of chitons living in deep water deposits of sunken wood in the southwest Pacific (Sigwart & Sirenko 2012). Among these, one species, Leptochiton clarki Sigwart & Sirenko, 2012, is homonymous with a fossil taxon of the same genus: Leptochiton clarki Berry, 1922. Herein, we replace this homonym with a new name according to International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: Art. 57.2).
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Marine Laboratory, Queen's University Belfast, 13 The Strand, Portaferry, BT22 1PF, Northern Ireland, U.K.; Email: j.sigwart@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Julia D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sigwart
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA.; Email: marine@zin.ru.
authors.forename: Boris I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Sirenko
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D009929:Organ Size; D049916:Polyplacophora / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development