Subgenus Plaxiphora (Fremblya) H. Adams, 1866

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Subgenus Plaxiphora (Fremblya) H. Adams, 1866

Frembleya Adams, H. 1866. Descriptions of six new species of shells and note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 445 [445].
Type species:
Frembleya agregia H. Adams, 1866 by monotypy.
Streptochiton Carpenter, P.P. in Dall, W.H. 1879. Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1: 281-344 [298] [nom. nud.].
Fremblya Dall, W.H. 1882. On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4: 279-291 [Date published 22 Feb. 1882] [284] [justified emendation of Frembleya H. Adams, 1866].
Kopionella Ashby, E. 1919. Notes on Australian Polyplacophora, including descriptions of two new genera, a new variety, and the description and proposed recognition of Mr Bednall's Stenochiton pilsbryanus. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 43: 66-73 pl. 11 [71].
Type species:
Plaxiphora matthewsi Iredale, 1910 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 [110]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

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

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

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

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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