Species Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892

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Species Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892

Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus Carpenter, P.P. in Pilsbry, H.A. 1892. 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 [65].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 118621 2 specimens, Australia.
Ischnochiton subcariosus Pilsbry, H.A. 1892. 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 [67].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia.
Anisoradsia mawlei saundersi Ashby, E. 1918. Notes on South Australian Polyplacophora, with additions to the fauna; together with a list of Australian Polyplacophora, showing their distribution in the Australian states. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 42: 79-87 [82].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D11961, Port Lincoln, SA.
Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus occidentalis Ashby, E. 1921. Notes on some Western Australian chitons (Polyplacophora), with additions to the fauna and the description of a new species of Rhyssoplax. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 45: 40-49 pl. 8 [Date published 21 Dec. 1921] [42] [introduced as a variety of Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D11884, Point Peron, Rockingham, 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. [93]

Distribution

States

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, littoral, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

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	01-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED

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