Species Rhyssoplax tricostalis (Pilsbry, 1894)

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Species Rhyssoplax tricostalis (Pilsbry, 1894)

Chiton canaliculatus tricostalis Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Descriptive notices of new chitons, V. Nautilus 8: 53-56 [Date published Sept. 1894] [54] [introduced as a possible variety of Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP 65022 4 specimens, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Chiton aureomaculata Bednall, W.T. & Matthews, E.H.V. 1906. On new species of Polyplacophora from South Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 91-92 pl. 9 [Date published 29 June 1906] [91].
Type data:
Neotype SAMA D14135, Cape Banks, SA.
Subsequent designation references:
Cotton, B.C. 1964. South Australian Mollusca. Chitons. Adelaide : S.A. Govt. Printer 150 pp. [94].
Rhyssoplax geraldtonensis Ashby, E. 1921. Notes on some Western Australian chitons (Polyplacophora), with additions to the fauna and the description of a new species of Rhyssoplax. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 45: 40-49 pl. 8 [Date published 21 Dec. 1921] [47].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (?lost; probably destroyed by fire, see Zeidler, W. & Gowlett, K.L. 1986. Mollusc type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. 3. Polyplacophora. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 19: 97–115), Back Beach, Geraldton, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [189]

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), 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, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

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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