Species Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)

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Species Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)

Acanthochites kimberi Torr, W.G. 1912. South Australian Polyplacophora. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 140-170 pls 5-7 [Date published 31 Dec. 1912] [167].
Type data:

Syntype(s) SAMA D12220 3 specimens (doubtful syntypes), Corny Point, SA; SAMA D12221 2 specimens, 3 valves, Kangaroo Is., SA; SAMA D12227 1 specimen (doubtful syntype), Port Noarlunga, SA; SAMA D17586 1 specimen, Aldinga, SA.
Acanthochiton maxillaris Ashby, E. 1919. Descriptions of six new species of Australian Polyplacophora (four acanthochitons and two callistochitons), with other notes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 43: 394-404 pls 41-42 [397].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D12253 6 valves, Marino, SA.
Acanthochiton kimberi yallingupensis Ashby, E. 1925. The regional distribution of Australian chitons (Polyplacophora). Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 17: 366-393 [382].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA D13718 1 specimen (other syntypes not located), Yallingup, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [103]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones, amongst mussels.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Oct-2015	POLYPLACOPHORA	30-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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