Genus Falcidens Salvini-Plawen, 1968

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Genus Falcidens Salvini-Plawen, 1968

Falcidens Salvini-Plawen, L.v. 1968. Über Lebendbeobachtungen an Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aculifera), nebst Bemerkungen zum System der Klasse. Sarsia 31: 105-126 [115].
Type species:
Falcidens crossotus Salvini-Plawen, 1968 by original designation.
Lepoderma Salvini-Plawen, L.v. 1992. On certain Caudofoveata from the Vema-Expedition. pp. 317-333 in Gittenberger, E. & Gould, J. (eds). Proceedings of the 9th International Malacological Congress. Leiden : Unitas Malacologia. [322] [junior homonym; Lepoderma Looss, 1899 (Trematoda). Introduced as subgenus of Falcidens; Lepoderma Salvini-Plawen raised to full generic rank by Scheltema, A.H. 2001.].
Type species:
Falcidens (Lepoderma) targatus Salvini-Plawen, 1992 by original designation (not Falcidens (Lepoderma) targatus Salvini-Plawen, 1986).
Secondary source:
Scheltema, A.H. 2001. Aplacophora. pp. 1-18 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except Antarctic.

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

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: Bass Strait
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Lower W coast

Distribution References

General References

Ivanov, D.L. 1981. [Caudofoveatus tetradens gen. et sp.n. and diagnosis of taxa in the subclass Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora)]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 60: 18-28 [In Russian]

Salvini-Plawen, L.v. 1984. [Comments on Chaetoderma and Crystallophrisson (Mollusca, Caudofoveata)]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal Akad. Nauk SSSR 63: 171-175 [In Russian] [175]

Salvini-Plawen, L.v. 1992. On certain Caudofoveata from the Vema-Expedition. pp. 317-333 in Gittenberger, E. & Gould, J. (eds). Proceedings of the 9th International Malacological Congress. Leiden : Unitas Malacologia.

Scheltema, A.H. 1998. Aplacophora. pp. 3-47 in Scott, P.V. & Blake, J.A. (eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Vol. 8. The Mollusca, Part I. Santa Barbara, CA : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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)
07-Jun-2016	APLACOPHORA	07-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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