Species Lucilina fortilirata (Reeve, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chiton fortiliratus 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. & fig. 112].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1998169, Raines Is., Torres Strait.
• Lucilina rainfordiana Hull, A.F.B. 1924. New Queensland loricates. (Phylum Mollusca, Order Loricata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 36: 109-116 pl. 21 [115].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO1139, North Head, Port Denison, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D14496 1 specimen, North Head, Port Denison, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [76]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lucilina fortilirata (Reeve, 1847).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NSW, QLD, NT, central Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones and dead coral embedded in sand.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Oct-2015	POLYPLACOPHORA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)