Subspecies Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) elongatus elongatus (Blainville, 1825)

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Subspecies Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) elongatus elongatus (Blainville, 1825)

Chiton elongatus Blainville, H.M.D de 1825. Oscabrelle. Oscabrion. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 36 pp. 519–556. [542].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia; SAMA D10237 1 specimen, Australia; SAMA D10238 3 specimens (see Zeidler, W. & Gowlett, K.L. 1986. Mollusc type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. 3. Polyplacophora. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 19: 97–115 [113]), Australia.
Type locality references:
Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1924. A monograph of the Australian loricates. (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). II. The Australian Zoologist 3: 227-238 pls 33-34 [Date published 9 May 1924] [228] (restricted to Kangaroo Is., SA).
Chiton ustulatus Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chiton. In, Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4 pls 1–27. [Feb., Mar., Apr., May 1847] [pl. 17, sp. and fig. 102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1985204/1–4 4 specimens, Australia.
Ischnochiton crispus decorata Sykes, E.R. 1896. Report on a collection of Polyplacophora from Port Phillip, Victoria. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2: 84-93 pl. 6 [Date published July 1896] [87] [introduced as a variety of Ischnochiton crispus (Reeve, 1847)].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F683, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1990. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (continued). Additions to Vols 1, 2 and 3. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 4 298 pp. [190]

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 Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones in shallow water.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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