Species Stenochiton pilsbryanus (Bednall, 1897)

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• Ischnochiton (Stenochiton) pilsbryanus Bednall, W.T. 1897. The Polyplacophora of South Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2: 139-159 pl. 12 [Date published Apr. 1897] [142].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANSP 69142, Troubridge Shoal, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) AM C147928 2 specimens, Troubridge Shoal, Gulf St Vincent, SA; ANSP 69142 1 specimen, Troubridge Shoal, Gulf St Vincent, SA; AM C147928 2 specimens, Troubridge Shoal, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [101].
• Stenochiton posidonialis Ashby, E. 1918. Monograph on the genus Stenochiton (Order Polyplacophora), with description of two new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 42: 65-78 pls 13-14 [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11714, Marino, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D11718 5 specimens, Cape Jervis, Outer Harbour, Marino and Largs Bay, SA; SAMA D16544 1 specimen, Marino, SA; AM C43379 1 specimen, Marino, SA; AM C151136 2 specimens, Largs, SA.
• Stenochiton pilsbryanus dilatus 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] [287].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) WAM 11658 1 specimen, Lucky Bay, 25 miles E of Esperance, WA; NMV F16089 10 specimens, Quarantine Station, Albany, WA; SAMA D18766 1 specimen, Lucky Bay, E of Esperance, WA.
• Stenochiton tatei Ashby, E. 1927. Notes on, and additions to, the chiton fauna of north-west Tasmania, together with a brief review of the genus Stenochiton. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1926: 92-117 [Date published 10 Feb. 1927] [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11729, Tapley Shoal, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

 

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. [101]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Algae feeder, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On lower blades of seagrass Posidonia spp., feeds on epiphytes.

 

General References

Sirenko, B. 2023. A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Zootaxa 5325(3): 359–392 (Species mentioned)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2023	POLYPLACOPHORA	19-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
13-Oct-2015	POLYPLACOPHORA	01-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)