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Species Plaxiphora (Fremblya) matthewsi Iredale, 1910

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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

Ecological Descriptors

Rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On sides and tops of rocks, encrusted.

 

General References

Willan, R.C. 2001. Polyplacophora. pp. 19-84 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] (the record of this species, as Kopionella matthewsi, from New Zealand, by , is erroneous, being based on an unusual specimen of Plaxiphora caelata (Reeves, 1847))

 

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)
13-Oct-2015 POLYPLACOPHORA 01-Oct-2015 MODIFIED Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)