Genus Lorica H. & A. Adams, 1852

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Genus Lorica H. & A. Adams, 1852

Lorica Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1852. On a new genus of Chitonidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 52: 355 [Date published Apr. 1852] [355].
Type species:
Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847 by monotypy.
Aulacochiton Shuttleworth, R.J. 1853. Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1853(286-291): 169-207 [Date published June 1853] [192] [introduced as a section of the genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758].
Type species:
Chiton volvox Reeve, 1847 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1893. 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 [236].
Protolorica Ashby, E. 1925. Monograph on Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 37: 170-205 pls 18-22 [Date published Nov. 1925] [193].
Type species:
Protolorica atkinsoni Ashby, 1925 by original designation.
Zelorica Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [334].
Type species:
Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Van Belle, R.A. 1983. The systematic classification of the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 11: 1-178 [117]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Distribution References

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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