Aphia taxon details
Leptochiton matthewsianus (Bednall, 1906)
385814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385814)
accepted
Species
Lepidopleurus matthewsianus Bednall, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lepidopleurus niger Torr, 1911 · unaccepted
Terenochiton erratus Hull, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopleurus matthewsianus Bednall, 1906) Bednall, W. T. & Matthews, E. H. V. (1906). On new species of Polyplacophora from South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 91-92, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797541
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton matthewsianus (Bednall, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385814 on 2026-08-08
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(of Lepidopleurus matthewsianus Bednall, 1906) Bednall, W. T. & Matthews, E. H. V. (1906). On new species of Polyplacophora from South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 91-92, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797541
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Terenochiton erratus Hull, 1923) Hull, A. F. B. (1923). New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3: 157-166, 195-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719342
page(s): 159 [details]
original description (of Lepidopleurus niger Torr, 1911) Torr, W. G. (1911). Western Australian Polyplacophora. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 35: 94-107, pls 24-25.
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source Sirenko, B. (2020). New Zealand and Australian species of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4851 (3): 401-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4851.3.1
page(s): 426 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Terenochiton erratus Hull, 1923) Hull, A. F. B. (1923). New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3: 157-166, 195-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719342
page(s): 159 [details]
original description (of Lepidopleurus niger Torr, 1911) Torr, W. G. (1911). Western Australian Polyplacophora. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 35: 94-107, pls 24-25.
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source Sirenko, B. (2020). New Zealand and Australian species of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4851 (3): 401-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4851.3.1
page(s): 426 [details] Available for editors
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
