Species Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1861)

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Species Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1861)

Cryptoplax (Notoplax) speciosa 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].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1951.2.7.2/1 1 specimen, TAS and SA; BMNH 1951.2.7.3/1–3 3 valves, TAS and SA; AM C150122 4 specimens (doubtful types), TAS.
Acanthochiton (Notoplax) spongialis Ashby, E. 1923. A new species and subspecies of Acanthochiton. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10: 13-15 pl. 1 [13].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13733, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

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, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with sponges, on which it lives and feeds.

General References

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 types and other material confirms synonymy, but other names included by <0115> are reinstated to valid species status)

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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