Genus Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894
- Choriplax Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new chitons III. Nautilus 7: 138-139 [Date published Apr. 1894] [139] [nom. nov. for Microplax H. Adams & Angas, 1864].
Type species:
Microplax grayi H. Adams & Angas, 1864 by original designation. - Microplax Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chitonidae from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 192-194 [Date published 10 May 1864] [194] [junior homonym of Microplax Fieber, 1861].
Type species:
Microplax grayi H. Adams & Angas, 1864 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
General References
Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1987. The suborder Choriplacina Starobogatov & Sirenko, 1975 with a redescription of Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 105-110 [105]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |