Published August 9, 2023 | Version v1
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Stenochiton pilsbryanus

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Description

Stenochiton pilsbryanus (Bednall, 1897)

(Figures 33C, D)

Ischnochiton (Stenochiton) pilsbryanus Bednall, 1897: 142.

Stenjchiton pilsbryanus; Kaas & Van Belle 1994: 101, fig. 40, map 31 (synonymy and bibliography)

Type material. Lectotype (ANS 69142). Type locality. South Australia, Gulf St. Vincent, Troubridge Shoal.

Material examined. Australia, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, 31°71’S, 115°25’E, 94 m. Southern Surveyor stn 50 Lot_28, CSIRO, 1 spm (TMAG, E 45527) BL 13.0 mm, 12.05.2007.

Distribution. Western & South Australia, shallow subtidal up to 94 m (Kaas & Van Belle 1994 and own data.

Remarks. The morphological features of the specimen collected from Western Australia fully corresponds to its description as given by Kaas & Van Belle (1994).

Notes

Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2023, A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, pp. 359-392 in Zootaxa 5325 (3) on pages 383-384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8247001

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ANS , CSIRO
Event date
2007-12-05
Family
Ischnochitonidae
Genus
Stenochiton
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ANS 69142 , E 45527
Order
Chitonida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Bednall
Species
pilsbryanus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Verbatim event date
2007-12-05
Taxonomic concept label
Stenochiton pilsbryanus (Bednall, 1897) sec. Sirenko, 2023

References

  • Bednall, W. T. (1897) The Polyplacophora of South Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2, 139 - 159, pl. 12.
  • Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1994) Monograph of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 5 Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Vols. 1 - 4. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 402 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004431713