Parachiton puppis Hull, 1923

Schwabe, Enrico, Sirenko, Boris I. & Seeto, Johnson, 2008, A checklist of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the Fiji islands, Zootaxa 1777, pp. 1-52 : 6

Parachiton puppis Hull, 1923

( Figure 1 B)

Chresonymy and synonymy in Gowlett-Holmes (1990: 95).

Parachiton puppis Hull 1923: 158 , pl. 24, figs 1–5; Joyce 1959: 231; Iredale & McMichael 1962: 28; Kaas & Van Belle 1998: 153; Slieker 2000: 102, pl. 39, fig. 5; Schwabe 2001: 27.

Lepidopleurus puppis ; Ashby 1926: 380.

Parachiton verconis Cotton & Weeding 1939: 183 , pl. 7, fig. 2 (holotype SAMA D11689; type locality: South Australia, Nuyts Archipelago, St Francis Island [32°30’S 133°17’E], not seen); Gowlett-Holmes 1990: 95, fig. 3C; 2001: 75; Kaas & Van Belle 1998: 196.

Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) verconis ; Laghi, Russo & Dell’Angelo 1980: 4.

Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) puppis ; Laghi, Russo & Dell’Angelo 1980: 4.

Leptochiton (Parachiton) verconis ; Cesari 1987: 13.

Leptochiton (Parachiton) puppis ; Gowlett-Holmes 1990: 95, figs 1–3; 1998a: 179, fig. 3.31; 2001: 75; Kaas & Van Belle 1998: 153.

Locus typicus: Australia, New South Wales, Vaucluse [32°10’S 146°32’E], Bottle and Glass Point, under stones in sand, or mud below low water mark.

Primary type: Holotype (AMS C.49540), examined from colour pictures provided by Ian Loch.

Type (s) without name-bearing function: One paratype (AMS C.149663).

Material examined: UF 297662: 1 adult spm, Viti Levu, Man Friday Resort, 80 km west of Suva [18°10’S 177°40’E], 0–2 m, fringing reef, freely moving on undersides of rocks, leg. Holthuis, B. & Gustav Paulay, 0 2 February 1989 (BFIJI-428), wet; ZSM Mol 20062092: 1 valve, Viti Levu, Laucala Bay, west and north side of Nukumbutho Island 18°10.474'S 178°28.343'E; extracted from sand, collected in 1 m, leg. Enrico Schwabe, 21 August 2006, dry.

Habitat: The species seems to have the same habitat preference as the preceeding species.

Distribution: Gowlett-Holmes (1990: 96) reported the species from “South-eastern Australia, from Vaucluse, central N.S.W. to Nuyts Archipelago, western S. Aust.” and later (2001: 75) she emphasized that the species is endemic to Australia. Schwabe (2001: 27) showed that the species also occurs in the Samoan Islands.

Remarks: This is the first record of this species from Fiji.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Parachiton acuminatus (Thiele, 1909), UF 296065: Fiji, Viti Levu, Laucala Bay, behind USP Maritime Studies buildings 18 ° 09 ’ 03 ’’ S 178 ° 27 ’ 14 ’’ E, dorsal view. B, Parachiton puppis Hull, 1923, UF 297662: Fiji, Viti Levu, Man Friday Resort, 80 km west of Suva [18 ° 10 ’ S 177 ° 40 ’ E], dorsal view. C – D, Nierstraszella lineata (Nierstrasz, 1905). C, Nierstraszella lineata (Nierstrasz, 1905) ZSM Mol 20034397, Japan, Suruga-wan, right lateral view, anterior at right. D, Lectotype of Lepidopleurus niasicus Thiele, 1906 ZMB Moll 59912 a, Indonesia, Northwest off Nias Island, 01 ° 47.1 ’ N 96 ° 58.7 ’ E, Valdivia St. 203, dorsal view. E, Callochiton neocaledonicus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990, ZSM Mol 20061630: Fiji, Viti Levu, Laucala Bay, north side of Nukumbutho Island 18 ° 10.474 ' S 178 ° 28.343 ' E, dorsal view. F, Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884), ZISP: Fiji, Cicia Island [17 ° 45 ’ S 179 ° 18 ’ W], Callisto St. 83, dorsal view. All scale bars 2 mm.