Species Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) lineolatus (Blainville, 1825)

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Species Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) lineolatus (Blainville, 1825)

Chiton lineolatus Blainville, H.M.D de 1825. Oscabrelle. Oscabrion. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 36 pp. 519–556. [541].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 8 specimens, King Is., Bass Strait.
Ischnochiton iredalei Dupuis, P. 1918. Notes concernant les polyplacophores (suite). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 24: 525-533 [526] [nom. nud.; erected as nom. nov. for Ischnochiton contractus auct., non Ischnochiton contractus Reeve, 1847].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA D12718 7 specimens (type status very doubtful, see Zeidler, W. & Gowlett, K.L. 1986. Mollusc type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. 3. Polyplacophora. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 19: 97–115[107]), Penguin and Stanley, TAS.
Ischnochiton iredalei kingensis Ashby, E. & Hull, A.F.B. 1923. The Polyplacophora of King Island, Bass Strait, with description of a new subspecies. The Australian Zoologist 3: 79-84 pl. 8 [Date published 9 Mar. 1923] [81].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13731, Fraser Bay, King Is., Bass Strait.

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. [188]

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

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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