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Meturoplax retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 64848)
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 64848)

1905745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1905745)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
  8. Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Acanthochitonidae (Family)
  10. Meturoplax (Genus)
  11. Meturoplax retrojecta (Species)
accepted
Species
Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, 1894 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, I. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(9): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565878
page(s): 107 [details] 
Type locality contained in Australia  
type locality contained in Australia (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meturoplax retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1905745 on 2026-08-30
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, I. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(9): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565878
page(s): 107 [details] 

basis of record Vončina, K.; Chen, Z.; Schwabe, E.; Hundsdoerfer, A. K.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements clarifies relationships and morphological evolution in Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Cladistics.</em> DOI 10.1111/cla.70039: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70039
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 64848) (from synonym Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894))
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894) Australia, New South Wales, Sydney) (from synonym Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894))
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