Species Parachiton capricornicus Iredale & Hull, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parachiton capricornicus Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). IV. Family Lepidopleuridae. The Australian Zoologist 3(8): 339-362 pls 39-40 [Date published 14 Jan. 1925] [345].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C21771, Masthead Reef, Capricorn Group, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) AM C149664 5 valves; AM C149664 5 valves, Masthead Is., Capricorn Group, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1985. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. Leiden : E.J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys Vol. 1 240 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD, Coral Sea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Oct-2023	LEPIDOPLEURIDA	27-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)