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Polyplacophora: Neoloricata: : Mopaliidae

Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795)


Range: 51.6°S to 55.5°S; 70.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 86  mm

Synonymy

Chiton auratus Spalowsky, 1795
Chiton raripilosus Blainville, 1825
Chiton carmichaelis Wood, 1828
Chiton frembleii Broderip, 1832
Chiton setiger King & Broderip, 1832
Plaxiphora campbelli Filhol, 1880
Choetopleura savatieri Rochebrune, 1881
Choetopleura ahnni Rochebrune, 1884
Chaetopleura frigida Rochebrune, 1889
Chaetopleura hahni Rochebrune, 1889
Tonicia subatrata Pilsbry, 1893
Placiphora superba Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton kingi Clessin, 1903
Plaxiphora aucklandica Suter, 1909

Details


Chiton auratus Spalowsky, 1795,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 52.7°S to 54.5°S; 70°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 86 mm
Distribution: Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) DW; Sirenko (2006) DLlNSEM

Choetopleura ahnni Rochebrune, 1884, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s?

Plaxiphora aucklandica Suter, 1909, 
[Synonym]

Plaxiphora campbelli Filhol, 1880, 
[Synonym]
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Chiton carmichaelis Wood, 1828, 
[Synonym]
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Chiton frembleii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832a, p. 28, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: in Sinu Valparaiso [Chile]
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 44 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby (1832a) M; Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Chaetopleura frigida Rochebrune, 1889, p. H.137-H.138, pl. 9, figs. 5a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Baie Orange
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune (1889) NSEWM; Kaas & van Belle (1980) s?

Chaetopleura hahni Rochebrune, 1889, p. H.136, pl. 9, figs. 4a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Baie Orange; Punta-Arenas
Range: 53.2°S to 55.5°S; 70.9°W to 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Rochebrune (1889) NSEWM; Kaas & van Belle (1980) s?

Chiton kingi Clessin, 1903, 
[Synonym]
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Chiton raripilosus Blainville, 1825, 
[Synonym]
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune (1889) NSEW; Pelseneer (1903); Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Choetopleura savatieri Rochebrune, 1881,  [Rochebrune 1889, pl. 9, figs. 3a-b]
[Synonym]
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Chiton setiger King & Broderip, 1832, p. 338
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'all parts of the shores of Tierra del Fuego, particularly on its seaward coast, and the western part of the Strait of Magalhaens'
Range: 51.6°S to 52.5°S; 69°W
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Pilsbry (1899) NW; King & Broderip (1832) SM; Kaas & van Belle (1980) s

Tonicia subatrata Pilsbry, 1893a, p. 201, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Macquarie Island, New Zealand
References: Kaas & van Belle (1980) s
Comments: Based on Hutton's (1880: 114) misidentification of Tonicia atrata Sowerby.

Placiphora superba Pilsbry, 1893b, p. 319-320, pl. 68, figs. 55-61
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Carpenter MS
Type Locality: New Zealand
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
References: Pilsbry (1893b) M; Kaas & van Belle (1980) s
Comments: Name introduced by Pilsbry (1893b) in synonymy of Plaxiphora biramosa; used as valid by Suter (1897: 188) and so attributed to Pilsbry (ICZN Article 50.7).


Partial List of References

Broderip, W. J. and G. B. Sowerby. 1832. [The collection of Shells formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and in the South Pacific Ocean] [cont.] Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2 25-33.
King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1893. Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae Manual of Conchology (1)14 129-208, pls. 31-40. [Stated date: 25 Feb 1893.]
Pilsbry, H. A. 1893. Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae Manual of Conchology (1)14 209-350, i-xxxiv, pls. 41-68. [Stated date: -- Jun 1893; true date: 01 Jul 1893.]
Rochebrune, A.-T. 1889. Polyplacophores Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883 6 H.131-H.143, pl. 9

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