Species Leptochiton collusor (Iredale & Hull, 1925)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parachiton collusor Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). IV. Family Lepidopleuridae. The Australian Zoologist 3(8): 339-362 pls 39-40 [Date published 14 Jan. 1925] [346] [nom. nov. for Lepidopleurus profundus Ashby, 1923].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11288, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
• Lepidopleurus profundus Ashby, E. 1923. Monograph on the Australian Lepidopleuridae Order Polyplacophora, with a description of a new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 216-223, 242-243 pls 16-19 [221] [junior homonym of Lepidopleurus profundus May, 1923].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11288, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D11691 2 specimens, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1985. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. Leiden : E.J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys Vol. 1 240 pp. [147]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Interstitial, sublittoral.

 

General References

Schwabe, E. 2009. Leptochiton collusor (Iredale & Hull, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385787 (Accessed on 2015-08-18)

 

History of changes

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)