Species Tegulaplax hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ischnochiton hululensis Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [619].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1903.9.17.27, Maldives, Kaafu Atholhu, Hulule [Stn. IX], 1.8-11 m [1-6 fathoms] [04˚10'59" N, 73˚31'58" E].
• Ischnochiton ravenae Sykes, E.R. 1903. On the Polyplacophora. pp. 177–180 in Herdman, W.A. Report of the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 1. Pearl Oyster Report. Suppl. Rep. iv London. 177-180 pp. [178].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Donnans Muttuvaratu Paar, Sri Lanka.
• Chiton imbricatus Nierstrasz, H.F. 1905. Die Chitonen der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 48: 1-112 pls 1-8 [Date published Jan. 1905] [79].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Indonesia.
• Chiton (Clathropleura) platei Thiele, J. 1910. Revisions des Systems der Chitonen. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 22: 71-132 pls 7-10 [92].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Red Sea.
• Chiton howensis Hedley, C. & Hull, A.F.B. 1912. The Polyplacophora of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 271-281 pls 11-13 [Date published 29 May 1912] [278].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C33114 1 specimen, Lord Howe Is.; AM C170802 4 specimens, Lord Howe Is.
• Tegulaplax matthewsi Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1926. A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). VI. The Australian Zoologist 4: 164-185 pls 18-20 [Date published 22 Feb. 1926] [172].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO1214, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [91]

 

Generic Combinations

• Chiton hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903). —
  Strack, H.L. 1993. The Polyplacophora of the Red Sea. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 1-40 [Date published 30 Oct 1993]
• Tegulaplax hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD, Christmas Is., Indo-south-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
• Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rubble on reef. 0-45 m

 

General References

Marshall, B. 2015. Chiton hululensis (E. A. Smith, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848058 (Accessed on 2015-08-12)

Schwabe, E. 2004. The Polyplacophora (Mollusca) collected during the First International Marine Biodiversity Workshop for Rodrigues (western Indian Ocean), with the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 38(23-24): 3143-3173 [3170]

Schwabe, E. 2006. On a Small Collection of Chitons from Papua New Guinea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Venus 65(1-2): 97-112 [101-102, figs 1B, 2G-L, 5]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Jul-2023	POLYPLACOPHORA	12-Jul-2023	MOVED	Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		16-Jul-2010	MODIFIED