Species Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)

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Species Onithochiton quercinus (Gould, 1846)

Chiton quercinus Gould, A.A. 1846. On the shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 141-145 [142].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 5828, NSW.
Secondary source:
Johnson, R.I. 1964. The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould: Illustrations of the types described by Gould with a bibliography and catalog of his species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 239: 1-182 [138].
Chiton incii 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. 16, sp. & fig. 94].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1951.1.26.8, Raines Is., Torres Strait.
Onithochiton rugulosus Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13 [115].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.
Onithochiton scholvieni Thiele, J. 1910. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 71-132 pls 7-10 [99].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, NSW.
Onithochiton quercinus occidentalis Ashby, E. 1929. Notes on the fauna of Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia. No. 3. Polyplacophora. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 53: 61-66 [65].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D12527, Dongara, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [155]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD, NSW, WA, Christmas Is. (Indian 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

Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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, SW coast
Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, rock reef.

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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