Species Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)

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• Acanthochites coxi Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Notices of new chitons. II. Nautilus 7: 119-120 [Date published Feb. 1894] [119].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANSP 64772 1 specimen (other syntypes not located), Port Hacking, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. List of Port Jackson chitons collected by Dr J.C. Cox, with a revision of Australian Acanthochitidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 46: 69-88 pls 2-4 [Date published 29 May 1894] [81].
• Acanthochites lachrymosus May, W.L. & Torr, W.G. 1913. The Polyplacophora of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1912: 25-40 pl. 1 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH E207/7548, Frederick Henry Bay, TAS, on stones in shallow water.
  Paratype(s); TMH E20902 3 valves; AM C34110 5 specimens.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [54]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones in sand or mud.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)