Species Leptochiton columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lepidopleurus columnarius Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [123].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C29060, off Cape Pillar, TAS.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D10667 2 valves, off Cape Pillar, TAS; SAMA D15679 5 valves, off Cape Pillar, TAS.
• Lepidopleurus pelagicus Torr, W.G. 1912. South Australian Polyplacophora. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 140-170 pls 5-7 [Date published 31 Dec. 1912] [165].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA D11688 3 valves, off Cape Jaffa, SA.

 

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. [138]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

 

General References

Schwabe, E. 2009. Leptochiton columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385788 (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)