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Leptoplax Carpenter in Dall 1882

Description

Genus Leptoplax Carpenter in Dall, 1882

Type species. Chiton coarctatus Sowerby, 1841, by monotypy. Genus distribution and range. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Coral Sea (Capel Bank, 25°20´S, 159°44´E), intertidal to 56 m. Recent.

Notes

Published as part of Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 4564 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2588445

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Acanthochitonidae
Genus
Leptoplax
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chitonida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Carpenter in Dall
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leptoplax in, 1882 sec. Sirenko & Zhang, 2019

References

  • Dall, W. H. (1882) On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 4, 279 - 291. [for 1881] https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.4 - 228.279
  • Sowerby, G. B. (II.) (1841) Descriptions of several new species of chitones, brought by H. Cuming, Esq., from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 9, 61 - 62.