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Leptoplax Dall, 1882

AphiaID

385580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385580)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chiton coarctatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 accepted as Leptoplax coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (type by original designation)

Parent

Cryptoconchidae Iredale, 1914

Original name

Leptoplax Dall, 1882

Synonymised names

Cryptoconchus (Leptoplax) Dall, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Leptoplax coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
Species Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960)
Species Leptoplax doederleini (Thiele, 1909)
Species Leptoplax duongae Sirenko, 2024
Species Leptoplax nhatrangi Sirenko & H. Saito, 2017
Species Leptoplax richardi (Kaas, 1990)
Species Leptoplax rubromaculata (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Species Leptoplax tongkingi Sirenko & H. Saito, 2017
Species Leptoplax unica (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Species Leptoplax varia Nierstrasz, 1905
Species Leptoplax verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
Species Leptoplax wilsoni (Sykes, 1896)
Species Leptoplax noumeaensis (Leloup, 1941) accepted as Acanthochitona noumeaensis Leloup, 1941 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptoplax rubrotincta Pilsbry, 1892 accepted as Leptoplax coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
Species Leptoplax varius Nierstrasz, 1905 accepted as Leptoplax varia Nierstrasz, 1905 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 283, 286 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptoplax Dall, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385580 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2012-04-24 19:49:15Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2017-08-01 07:32:28Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-26 05:14:02Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-30 01:58:57Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-01-02 08:23:32Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2026-07-13 13:07:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-08-30 11:54:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 283, 286 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. Zootaxa. 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1 [details] Available for editors

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