Subgenus Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847

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• Plaxiphora Gray, J.E. 1847. On the genera of the family Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 63-70 [65].

  Type species:

   Chiton carmichaelis Gray, 1828 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [169].
• Euplaxiphora Shuttleworth, R.J. 1853. Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1853(286-291): 169-207 [Date published June 1853] [193] [introduced as a section of the genus Plaxiphora Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Chiton petholatus Sowerby, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Dall, W.H. 1882. On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4: 279-291 [Date published 22 Feb. 1882] [288].
• Guildingia Carpenter, P.P. in Dall, W.H. 1882. On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4: 279-291 [284] [introduced as a subgenus of Plaxiphora Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Guildingia obtecta Dall, 1882 by original designation.
• Diaphoroplax Iredale, T. 1914. The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 25-51 pl. 2 [Date published Mar. 1914] [32] [introduced as a subgenus of Plaxiphora Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Chiton biramosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 by original designation.
• Poneroplax Iredale, T. 1914. The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 25-51 pl. 2 [Date published Mar. 1914] [32] [introduced as a subgenus of Plaxiphora Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Chiton costatus Blainville, 1825 by original designation.
• Maorichiton Iredale, T. 1914. The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 25-51 pl. 2 [Date published Mar. 1914] [32] [introduced as a subgenus of Plaxiphora Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Chiton caelatus Reeve, 1847 by original designation.
• Semimopalia Dall, W.H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55: 499-516 [Date published 7 June 1919] [514] [introduced as a subgenus of Mopalia Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Mopalia (Semimopalia) grisea Dall, 1919 by monotypy.
• Aerilamma Hull, A.F.B. 1924. New Queensland loricates. (Phylum Mollusca, Order Loricata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 36: 109-116 pl. 21 [113].

  Type species:

   Aerilamma primordia Hull, 1924 by original designation.
• Vaferichiton Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1932. The loricates of the Neozelanic region. VII. The Australian Zoologist 7: 119-164 pls 7-10 [Date published 5 Feb. 1932] [131].

  Type species:

   Plaxiphora murdochi Suter, 1905 by original designation.
• Hachijomopalia Taki, I. 1954. A peculiar chiton from Hachijo-jima with special reference to its distribution in the Pacific. Records of the Oceanographic Works in Japan 1: 60-65 [Dec. 1954] [60] [introduced as a subgenus of Mopalia Gray, 1847].

  Type species:

   Mopalia (Hachijomopalia) integra Taki, 1954 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 [109]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumpolar, east-Indo-central-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)