Genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861

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Genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861

Notoplax Adams, H. 1861. Descriptions of some new genera and species of shells from the collections of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 383-385 [385] [introduced as a subgenus of Cryptoplax Blainville, 1818].
Type species:
Cryptoplax (Notoplax) speciosa H. Adams, 1861 by monotypy.
Macandrellus Carpenter, P.P. in Dall, W.H. 1879. Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1: 281-344 [299].
Type species:
Acanthochites costatus H. Adams & Angas, 1864 by original designation.
Eoplax Ashby, E. & Cotton, B.C. 1936. South Australia fossil chitons. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 509-512 [510] [introduced as a subgenus of Acanthochiton Gray, 1821 (emended Iredale, 1915)].
Type species:
Acanthochiton (Eoplax) adelaidae Ashby & Cotton, 1936 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 77-88 [78]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

West-Pacific Ocean.

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

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Distribution References

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 77-88

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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