Species Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923

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Species Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923

Callistochiton granifer Hull, A.F.B. 1923. New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. The Australian Zoologist 3: 157-166 pls 24-26 [Date published 15 Aug. 1923] [161].
Type data:
Holotype AM C9306, Palm Is., QLD, 27 m [18˚40´ S, 146˚33´ E,].
Lophochiton johnstoni Ashby, E. 1923. Notes on a collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with definitions of a new genus and two new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 230-236 pls 16-19 [Date published 22 Dec. 1923] [234].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D12152, Carnarvon, Shark Bay, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1994. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded); Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Vols 1–4. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 5 402 pp. [190]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD, WA, Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Indonesia

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 Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones embedded in mud, coral sand or debris. 0-53 m

General References

Schwabe, E. 2006. On a Small Collection of Chitons from Papua New Guinea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Venus 65(1-2): 97-112 [98-100, figs 1A, 2A-F, 3, 4]

Schwabe, E. 2007. Taxonomic notes on chitons. 5 *. On some problematica and a new record of Polyplacophora from Indonesia (Mollusca). Spixiana (Munich) 30(2): 145-158 [Date published 1 Nov: * Part 4 was published in African Invertebrates 47: 23-30] [147-149, fig. 2C]

Schwabe, E. 2009. Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386126 (Accessed on 2015-08-12)

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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