Species Notoplax rubrostrata (Torr, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthochites rubrostratus 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] [169].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13717, St Francis Is., Nuyts Archipelago, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D16020 1 specimen (doubtful type), Corny Point, SA.
• Notoplax extra Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). V. Family Cryptoconchidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(2): 75-111 pls 9-12 [Date published 10 Nov. 1925] [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C150962, Port Arthur, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM C150963 1 specimen, Port Arthur, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [162]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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)