Subgenus Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall, 1882

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Subgenus Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall, 1882

Lucia Gould, A.A. 1862. Otia Conchologica, descriptions of shells and mollusks from 1839 to 1862. Boston : Gould & Lincoln pp. I–IV 1–256. [242] [junior homonym of Lucia Swainson, 1833; introduced as a subgenus of Chiton Linnaeus, 1758].
Type species:
Chiton confossus Gould, 1846 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Monograph of the Polyplacophora. In Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology. Academy of Sciences : Philadelphia Series. Vol. 15. pp. 65-133 pls 11-17 [89].
Toniciopsis Thiele, J. 1893. Lepidoglossa. pp. 353–401 pls 30–32 in Troschel, F.H. (ed.) Das Gebiss der Schnecken Zur Begründung Einer Naturlichen Classification. Vol. 2. Berlin. [371].
Type species:
Chiton pictus Reeve, 1847 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1894. Monograph of the Polyplacophora. In Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology. Academy of Sciences : Philadelphia Series. Vol. 15. pp. 65-133 pls 11-17 [89].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Van Belle, R.A. 1983. The systematic classification of the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 11: 1-178 [132]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea, Indo-central-Pacific Oceans.

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

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

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

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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