Species Leptoplax wilsoni (Sykes, 1896)

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Species Leptoplax wilsoni (Sykes, 1896)

Acanthochites (Notoplax) wilsoni 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] [92].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F679, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Acanthochiton purpuratus Hull, A.F.B. 1923. New Australian Loricata and notes on the distribution of certain species. 1. The Australian Zoologist 3: 195-201 pls 27-28 [Date published 18 Dec. 1923] [196].
Type data:
Holotype AM C147810, Betangabe (= Bitangabee) Inlet, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM C147811 1 specimen, Betangabee Inlet, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 2001. Polyplacophora. pp. 19-84 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] (examination of the types indicates synonymy, and that they belong to this genus, rather than to Notoplax H. Adams, 1861)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, 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), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks and cobbles in fine to medium, silty sands.

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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