Genus Tonicia Gray, 1847

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• Tonicia Gray, J.E. 1847. On the genera of the family Chitonidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 63-70 [65].

  Type species:

   Chiton elegans Frembly, 1827 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [168].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Van Belle, R.A. 1983. The systematic classification of the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 11: 1-178 [131]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE Pacific Ocean, SW Atlantic Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)