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Polyplacophora: Neoloricata: : Chaetopleuridae

Chaetopleura isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 40.5°S to 40.5°S; 62.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Details


Chiton isabellei d'Orbigny, 1841a, p. 488-489, pl. 65, figs. 14-19
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: baie San-Blas, Patagonie
Range: 40.5°S to 40.5°S; 62.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1841a) NSEWM
Comments: Reports from the Straits of Magellan, such as that of Rochebrune (1889), are erroneous (Sirenko 2006).


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 425-488, pls. 72-76, 79-80. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1841.]

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