Species Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
- Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica Verrill, A.E. & Smith, S.I. 1882. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks of the southern coast of New England, No. 7, and of some additions to the fauna of Vineyard Sound. American Journal of Science 3 24: 360-371 [365].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 106921, off Nantucket Is., New England, U.SA. - Chiton coronatus Locard, A. 1898. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Mollusques testacés. Vol. 2. Paris 4to. 515 pp. xviii pls [100] [ex Fischer manuscript name].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, W of Soudan, Atlantic Ocean. - Placiphorella pacifica Berry, S.S. 1919. Preliminary notices of some new west American chitons. Lorquinia 2: 44-47 [1919] [46].
Type data:
Lectotype SBMNH 34394, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Is., Alaska, USA.Subsequent designation references:
Scott, P.H., Hochberg, F.G. & Roth, B. 1990. Catalog of Recent and fossil molluscan types in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. I. Caudofoveata, Polyplacophora, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda. Veliger 33(Suppl. 1): 1-27 [8]. - Placiphorella uschakovi Jakovleva, A.M. 1952. Shell-bearing mollusks (Loricata) of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Fauna of the USSR 45: 1-107 pls 1-11 [81].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL, N of Cape Elizabeth, Sakhalin Is., Okhotsk Sea, Russia.
Paratype(s) CAS 019464 1 specimen, Sea of Okhotsk. - Placiphorella albitestae Taki, Is. 1954. Fauna of chitons around Japanese Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo) (ns 1(1): 22-28 pls 11-15 [Date published Mar. 1954] [22].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT, N of Sagami Bay, Japan.
Paratype(s) NSMT 2 specimens, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, R.N. 1994. Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with description of two new species. Veliger 37(3): 290-311 [293]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
TAS, Macquarie Is., Indo-Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, usually over 1000 m in Australian waters.
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.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Abyssal, benthic, carnivorous.
Extra Ecological Information
On rocks, cobbles, boulders and debris, 200–1700 m.
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) |