Species Rhyssoplax calliozona (Pilsbry, 1894)

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Species Rhyssoplax calliozona (Pilsbry, 1894)

Chiton aereus calliozona Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Descriptive notices of new chitons, V. Nautilus 8: 53-56 [Date published Sept. 1894] [55] [introduced as a variety of Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 65031 1 specimen (other syntypes not located), Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Chiton siculoides Angas, G.F. 1878. A list of additional species of marine Mollusca of Southern Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 864-871 [868] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [39]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

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, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, subtidal.

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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