Species Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

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Species Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Genre Oscabrion, Chiton, Linné. pp. 369–441 in, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe, Éxecuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie 3 Mollusques. Paris : J. Tastu. [381].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Astrolabe Bay, New Zealand.
Chiton sinclairi Gray, J.E. 1843. Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand with the description of some lately discovered species. pp. 228–265 in Dieffenbach, E. (ed.). Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country. London : John Murray Vol. 2. [263].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH, Great Barrier Is., New Zealand; BMNH 1842.11.7.26–29 4 specimens, Great Barrier Is., New Zealand.
Sypharochiton maugeanus Iredale, T. & May, W.L. 1916. Misnamed Tasmanian chitons. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12: 94-117 pls 4-5 [Date published Nov. 1916] [114].
Type data:
Holotype TMH 215/7556, Port Arthur, TAS.
Sypharochiton pellisserpentis septentriones Ashby, E. 1924. The chiton fauna (Polyplacophora) of Port Stephens, New South Wales. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 48: 313-322 pl. 31 [321] [lapsus calami, as pellisserpentis].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D17238, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bullock, R.C. 1988. Notes on some Rhyssoplax from the Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Chitonidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 682-692 [691]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

NSW, TAS, New Zealand.

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

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, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, rock reef.

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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