Species Rhyssoplax bednalli (Pilsbry, 1895)

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Species Rhyssoplax bednalli (Pilsbry, 1895)

Chiton bednalli Pilsbry, H.A. 1895. Description of a new Australian chiton. Nautilus 9: 90 [Dec. 1895] [90].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D13742, Sultana Bay, Yorke Peninsula, SA.
Rhyssoplax surrecta Hull, A.F.B. 1922. A new Rhyssoplax. The Australian Zoologist 2: 84-85 pl 24B [Date published 10 Feb. 1922] [84].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D12671, Port Willunga, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [28]

Distribution

States

South Australia, 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), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks under sand.

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)

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