Marine Species Traits - Afossochiton Ashby, 1925 †

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Afossochiton Ashby, 1925 †

AphiaID

1375961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375961)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Afossochiton cudmorei Ashby, 1925 † (type by original designation)

Parent

Acanthochitonidae Simroth, 1894 (1881)

Original name

Afossochiton Ashby, 1925 †

Synonymised names

Afossochiton (Telochiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † · unaccepted

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Species Afossochiton cudmorei Ashby, 1925 †
Species Afossochiton dendus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
Species Afossochiton iscus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
Species Afossochiton magnicostatus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
Species Afossochiton rostratus (Ashby & Torr, 1901) †
Species Afossochiton sulci Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
Subgenus Afossochiton (Telochiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Afossochiton Ashby, 1925 †
1. Species Afossochiton (Telochiton) dendus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Afossochiton dendus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Afossochiton (Telochiton) iscus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Afossochiton iscus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Afossochiton (Telochiton) magnicostatus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Afossochiton magnicostatus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afossochiton Ashby, 1925 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375961 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2019-09-10 00:19:32Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077 [details]

original description (of Afossochiton (Telochiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †) Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1939). New fossil chitons from the Miocene and Pliocene of Victoria. Records of the South Australian Museum. 6(3): 209–242, pls. 19–21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025886
page(s): 212 [details]

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