WoRMS taxon details
Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928
385506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385506)
accepted
Family
Choriplacinae Ashby, 1928 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Microplacinae Ashby, 1921 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior...)
invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Microplax Fieber, 1861 [Hemiptera]
- Genus Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894
- Subfamily Choriplacinae Ashby, 1928 accepted as Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Microplacinae Ashby, 1921 accepted as Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Microplax Fieber, 1861 [Hemiptera])
- Genus Microplax H. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Microplax Fieber, 1861 [Hemiptera]; Choriplax is a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Choriplacinae Ashby, 1928) Ashby, E. (1928). The rediscovery of <i>Tonicia cuneata</i> Suter and <i>Acanthochites thileniusi</i> Thiele (order Polyplacophora) together with the description of a new genus and short review of the New Zealand Acanthochitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 58: 392–407., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-58.2.8.1.47
page(s): 407 [details]
page(s): 407 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Choriplacidae Ashby, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385506 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Choriplacinae Ashby, 1928) Ashby, E. (1928). The rediscovery of <i>Tonicia cuneata</i> Suter and <i>Acanthochites thileniusi</i> Thiele (order Polyplacophora) together with the description of a new genus and short review of the New Zealand Acanthochitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 58: 392–407., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1928-58.2.8.1.47
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Microplacinae Ashby, 1921) Ashby, E. (1921). The rediscovery of <i>Choriplax</i> (=<i>Microplax</i>) <i>grayi</i>, Adams and Angas (Order Polyplacophora), with notes on its true place in the natural system, and the description of a new subspecies. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 45: 136-142, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37152821
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Microplacinae Ashby, 1921) Ashby, E. (1921). The rediscovery of <i>Choriplax</i> (=<i>Microplax</i>) <i>grayi</i>, Adams and Angas (Order Polyplacophora), with notes on its true place in the natural system, and the description of a new subspecies. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 45: 136-142, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37152821
page(s): 141 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Vončina, K.; Schwabe, E.; Sirenko, B. I.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5840(1): 1-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
