Species Stenochiton longicymba (Blainville, 1825)

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Species Stenochiton longicymba (Blainville, 1825)

Chiton longicymba Blainville, H.M.D de 1825. Oscabrelle. Oscabrion. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 36 pp. 519–556. [542].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia.
Stenochiton juloides Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chitonidae from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 192-194 [Date published 10 May 1864] [193].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1870.10.26.167, Holdfast Bay, SA.
Schizochiton nympha Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Chitonidae (Deuxième supplément). Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 32-39 [36].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, King Is., Bass Strait.
Stenochiton longicymba historia Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1924. A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). III. The Australian Zoologist 3: 277-297 pls 35-37 [Date published 7 Oct. 1924] [285].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 11657, King George Sound, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1994. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded); Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Vols 1–4. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 5 402 pp. [98]

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

Algae feeder, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives in leaf sheaths of Posidonia australis, feeds on epiphytes and drift algae.

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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