Species Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new chitons. I. Nautilus 7: 107-108 [Date published Jan. 1894] [107].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANSP 64848 17 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; ANSP A4749 25 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; AM C 44935 1 specimen, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Acanthochiton retrojectus pustulosus Ashby, E. 1922. Notes on Australian Polyplacophora, with descriptions of three new species and two new varieties. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 46: 9-22 pl. 3 [Date published 22 Dec. 1922] [15] [introduced as a variety of Acanthochiton retrojectus (Pilsbry, 1894)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D12205, Quarantine Station, Sydney Harbour, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [158]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In crevices in rocks, often associated with mussels.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Oct-2015	POLYPLACOPHORA	01-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)