Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923

Sirenko, Boris I., 2019, New chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the genera Rhyssoplax, Lucilina and Onithochiton from shallow waters of Papua New Guinea, The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 23 (1 / 2), pp. 63-81 : 65

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11088070

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47E98F47-4041-4458-89A7-14934A4164CB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11221262

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D387B6-FFB8-FFC6-C9B9-7DCA4BE515D1

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scientific name

Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
status

 

Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923 View in CoL

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Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923, p. 165 View in CoL , pl. 26, figs. 1–4, 9–12; Iredale, Hull, 1926, p. 179, 180, pl. 19, figs. 28–35, 37; Dawydoff, 1952, p. 113; Sirenko, 2012, p. 71, pl. 12F; figs. 16, 17; Sirenko, 2019, p. 8, fig. 2F.

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venusta ( Hull, 1923) : Leloup, 1952, p. 56, text-fig. 19, pl. 5, fig. 1, pl. 6, fig. 2.

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus ( Hull, 1923) View in CoL : Kaas, Van Belle, 1980, p. 139; Kaas, Van Belle, 1998, p. 196; Kaas et al., 2006, p. 229, fig. 92, map 37 (bibliography and synonymy).

Ty p e m a t e r i a l. Holotype ( AM C.49545) and two paratypes ( AM C.170744).

Ty p e l o c a l i t y. Queensland, Keppel Bay, Emu Park.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, Silver Sound , 02°01′ S, 146°53′ E, R / V GoogleMaps Dmitriy Mendeleev, 18 cruise, sample 4, 1 m, 1 spm, BL 14 mm ( ZISP 2302 View Materials ), 27.01.1977 .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. This species is widely distributed in the western Pacific and was found in north-eastern Queensland , Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Guangxi Province of southern China. It is first find of the species near Papua New Guinea. The species lives near Vietnam and southern China at depth from 0 to 20 m.

R e m a r k s. The studied specimen was damaged. All its features (shell, armature of girdle and head of major lateral teeth of radula match the original description and the drawings of Hull [1923]. Slit formula of this specimen is 8/1/15.

AM

Australian Museum

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

Order

Chitonida

Family

Chitonidae

Genus

Rhyssoplax

Loc

Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923

Sirenko, Boris I. 2019
2019
Loc

Rhyssoplax venusta

Hull A. F. B. 1923: 165
1923
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