Species Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) versicolor (Sowerby, 1840)

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Species Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) versicolor (Sowerby, 1840)

Chiton versicolor 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] [292].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.
Type locality references:
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. [194].
Chiton platessa Gould, A.A. 1846. On the shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 141-145 [143].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.
Chiton proteus 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. 18, sp. and fig. 111].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1843.1.9.91 1 specimen, Newcastle, NSW; BMNH 1843.1.9.93 1 specimen, Newcastle, NSW; BMNH 1843.1.9.95–99 5 specimens, Newcastle, NSW; BMNH 1843.1.9.102 1 specimen, Newcastle, NSW.
Ischnochiton intricatus 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 [91] [nom. nud.].
Ischnochiton intricandus 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 [91] [nom. nud.].
Ischnochiton milligani Iredale, T. & May, W.L. 1916. Misnamed Tasmanian chitons. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12: 94-117 pls 4-5 [Date published Nov. 1916] [109].
Type data:
Holotype TMH E188/7529, Port Arthur, TAS.

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. [194]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. 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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