Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) albida (Blainville, 1825)
- Chiton albidus Blainville, H.M.D de 1825. Oscabrelle. Oscabrion. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 36 pp. 519–556. [547].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 6 valves, King Is., Bass Strait. - Chiton costatus Blainville, H.M.D de 1825. Oscabrelle. Oscabrion. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 36 pp. 519–556. [548].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 1 specimen (other syntypes not located), King George Sound, WA. - Chiton glaucus 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. [376] [junior homonym of Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, TAS. - Chiton petholatus Sowerby, G.B. II 1840. Descriptions of some new chitons. Magazine of Natural History ns 4(suppl.): 287-294 pl. 16 [Date published June 1840] [289].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Australia (as New Holland). - Chiton petholatus porphyrius Sowerby, G.B. II 1840. Descriptions of some new chitons. Magazine of Natural History ns 4(suppl.): 287-294 pl. 16 [Date published June 1840] [289] [introduced as a variety of Chiton petholatus Sowerby, 1840].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Australia (as New Holland). - Chaetopleura conspersa Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chitonidae from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 192-194 [Date published 10 May 1864] [193].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Port Lincoln, SA. - Euplaciphora modesta Carpenter, P.P. in Haddon, A.C. 1886. Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Challenger Reports Zoology 15: 1-50 pls 1-3 [33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1 specimen (other syntypes not located), Australia. - Chiton tasmanicus Carpenter, P.P. in Paetel, F. 1887. Catalog der Conchylien Sammlung. Berlin pp. 1–639. [618] [nom. nud.].
- Plaxiphora excurvata Carpenter, P.P. in Pilsbry, H.A. 1893. Monograph of the Polyplacophora. In Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology. Academy of Sciences : Philadelphia Series Vol. 14. i-xxxiv 129-350 pls 31-68 [327].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH 21933 1 specimen, Australia; PRM 1 specimen, Australia. - Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, J. 1909. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 1-70 pls 1-6 [1909] [25] [nom. nov. for Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835].
- Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, J. 1909. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 1-70 pls 1-6 [1909] [25].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, SA. - Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, J. 1909. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 1-70 pls 1-6 [1909] [26].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, Cape York, QLD (erroneous = Port Jackson, NSW).Type locality references:
Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1926. A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). VI. The Australian Zoologist 4: 164-185 pls 18-20 [Date published 22 Feb. 1926] [167]. - Plaxiphora concentrica Ashby, E. & Torr, W.G. 1901. Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and notes on others. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 136-144 pl. 4 [138] [introduced for an Eocene fossil, regarded as a recent specimen by Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. & McHenry, B.J. 1988. Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. 1. Polyplacophora. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 22: 1–11 (9)].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA T836 1 valve, Gellibrand River, VIC. - Plaxiphora gellibrandi Ashby, E. & Torr, W.G. 1901. Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and notes on others. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 136-144 pl. 4 [139] [introduced for an Eocene fossil, regarded as a recent specimen by Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. & McHenry, B.J. 1988. Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. 1. Polyplacophora. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 22: 1–11 (9)].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA T837 1 valve, Gellibrand, VIC. - Plaxiphora petholata tasmanica Carpenter, P.P. in Ashby, E. 1924. Further notes on Australian Polyplacophora with descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 48: 323-327 p. 31 [330] [introduced as a variety of Plaxiphora petholata (Sowerby, 1839)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, TAS. - Poneroplax albida mawlei Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1926. A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). VI. The Australian Zoologist 4: 164-185 pls 18-20 [Date published 22 Feb. 1926] [167].
Type data:
Holotype AM C156828, Port Arthur, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. & McHenry, B.J. 1988. Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. 1. Polyplacophora. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 22: 1-11 [9]
- 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. [292]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Littoral, rock reef.
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) |