Genus Onithochiton Gray, 1847

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• Onithochiton Gray, J.E. 1847. On the genera of the family Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 63-70 [65].

  Type species:

   Chiton undulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [169].
• Pristochiton Clessin, S. 1904. Die Familie Chitonidae. Systematique Conchologie Cabinet. Vol. 6 (edn 2) Lief 491 pp. 1-120 pls 1–41. [104] [introduced as a subgenus of Chiton Linnaeus, 1758].

  Type species:

   Chiton puncticulatus Reeve, 1847 by monotypy.
• Onithoplax Thiele, J. 1910. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 71-132 pls 7-10 [115] [introduced as a section of the subgenus Onithochiton Gray, 1847 in the genus Tonicia Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Chiton maillardi Deshayes, 1863 by subsequent designation, see Thiele, J. 1929. Classis Loricata. pp. 1–22 in, Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Bd 1. Jena : Fischer.
• Onithella Mackay, J.S. 1933. A new loricate from north Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 7: 345-348 pl. 18 [Date published 10 Mar. 1933] [345].

  Type species:

   Onithella helenae Mackay, 1933 by original designation.
• Nodiplax Beu, A.G. 1967. Notes on New Zealand chitons (Mollusca, Amphineura). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1: 475-481 [Dec. 1967] [479] [introduced as a subgenus of Anthochiton Thiele, 1893].

  Type species:

   Icoplax chathamensis Dell, 1960 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 [133]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
  • Lord Howe Island
• Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)