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Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847

Punta arenas; camouflaged specimen
Punta arenas; camouflaged specimen

385603  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385603)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
  8. Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mopaliidae (Family)
  10. Mopaliinae (Subfamily)
  11. Plaxiphora (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aerilamma Hull, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Hachijomopalia Is. Taki, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
Kopionella Ashby, 1919 · unaccepted (synonym)
Maorichiton Iredale, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mopalia (Semimopalia) Dall, 1919 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plaxiphora (Frembleya) H. Adams, 1867 · alternative representation
Plaxiphora (Mercatora) Leloup, 1942 · alternative representation
Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation
Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) Iredale, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Poneroplax Iredale, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Streptochiton Dall, 1879 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  2. Species Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795)
  3. Species Plaxiphora australis (Suter, 1907)
  4. Species Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  5. Species Plaxiphora boydeni R. C. Murdoch, 1982
  6. Species Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi Sirenko, 2012
  7. Species Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)
  8. Species Plaxiphora egregia (H. Adams, 1867)
  9. Species Plaxiphora fernandezi Thiele, 1909
  10. Species Plaxiphora gwenae A. J. Ferreira, 1987
  11. Species Plaxiphora indica Thiele, 1909
  12. Species Plaxiphora integra (Is. Taki, 1954)
  13. Species Plaxiphora javanica Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  14. Species Plaxiphora kamehamehae A. J. Ferreira & Bertsch, 1979
  15. Species Plaxiphora matthewsi Iredale, 1910
  16. Species Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936
  17. Species Plaxiphora murdochi Suter, 1905
  18. Species Plaxiphora obscurella (Souverbie, 1866)
  19. Species Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893
  20. Species Plaxiphora parva Nierstrasz, 1906
  21. Species Plaxiphora tricolor Thiele, 1909
  22. Species Plaxiphora tulearensis Leloup, 1981
  23. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Diaphoroplax) Iredale, 1914 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
  24. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Euplaxiphora) Shuttleworth, 1853 accepted as Euplaxiphora Shuttleworth, 1853 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
  25. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Guildingia) P. P. Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (synonym)
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Guildingia) obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893 represented as Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893 (superseded combination)
  26. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Maorichiton) Iredale, 1914 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Maorichiton) lyallensis Mestayer, 1921 accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
    2. Species Plaxiphora (Maorichiton) mixta Iredale, 1914 accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
  27. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Placophoropsis) Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Placophoropsis Pilsbry, 1893
  28. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) Iredale, 1914 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 accepted as Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 represented as Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Plaxiphora aucklandica Suter, 1909 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  31. Species Plaxiphora campbelli Filhol, 1880 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Plaxiphora carpenteri Haddon, 1886 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Plaxiphora concentrica Ashby & Torr, 1901 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Plaxiphora dardennei Leloup, 1981 accepted as Plaxiphora parva Nierstrasz, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Plaxiphora excurvata Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  36. Species Plaxiphora frigida (Rochebrune, 1889) accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Plaxiphora gellibrandi Ashby & Torr, 1901 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Plaxiphora granulata Leloup, 1981 accepted as Plaxiphora parva Nierstrasz, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Plaxiphora hedleyi Torr, 1911 accepted as Plaxiphora matthewsi Iredale, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  41. Species Plaxiphora petholata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  42. Species Plaxiphora platei Knorre, 1925 accepted as Plaxiphora indica Thiele, 1909
  43. Species Plaxiphora pustulosa Torr, 1911 accepted as Liolophura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Plaxiphora schauinslandi Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Plaxiphora setigera (P. P. King, 1832) accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Plaxiphora simplex P. P. Carpenter, 1886 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Plaxiphora superba Pilsbry, 1892 accepted as Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) (junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Plaxiphora suteri Pilsbry, 1894 accepted as Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909 accepted as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
  50. Species Plaxiphora terminalis (E. A. Smith, 1874) accepted as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Plaxiphora wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848)
  52. Species Plaxiphora zebra Torr, 1911 accepted as Plaxiphora matthewsi Iredale, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Frembleya) H. Adams, 1867 represented as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Frembleya) egregia (H. Adams, 1867) represented as Plaxiphora egregia (H. Adams, 1867)
    2. Species Plaxiphora (Frembleya) matthewsi Iredale, 1910 represented as Plaxiphora matthewsi Iredale, 1910
  54. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Mercatora) Leloup, 1942 represented as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 represented as Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936
  55. Subgenus Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847
    1. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) albida (Blainville, 1825) represented as Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
    2. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) represented as Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795)
    3. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) australis (Suter, 1907) represented as Plaxiphora australis (Suter, 1907)
    4. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) represented as Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    5. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) boydeni Murdoch, 1982 represented as Plaxiphora boydeni R. C. Murdoch, 1982
    6. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) bucklandnicksi Sirenko, 2012 represented as Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi Sirenko, 2012
    7. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) caelata (Reeve, 1847) represented as Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)
    8. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) fernandezi Thiele, 1909 represented as Plaxiphora fernandezi Thiele, 1909
    9. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) gwenae A. J. Ferreira, 1987 represented as Plaxiphora gwenae A. J. Ferreira, 1987
    10. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) indica Thiele, 1909 represented as Plaxiphora indica Thiele, 1909
    11. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) integra (Is. Taki, 1954) represented as Plaxiphora integra (Is. Taki, 1954)
    12. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) javanica Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 represented as Plaxiphora javanica Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
    13. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) kamehamehae A. J. Ferreira & Bertsch, 1979 represented as Plaxiphora kamehamehae A. J. Ferreira & Bertsch, 1979
    14. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) murdochi Suter, 1905 represented as Plaxiphora murdochi Suter, 1905
    15. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obscurella (Souverbie, 1866) represented as Plaxiphora obscurella (Souverbie, 1866)
    16. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893 represented as Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter, 1893
    17. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) parva Nierstrasz, 1906 represented as Plaxiphora parva Nierstrasz, 1906
    18. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) tricolor Thiele, 1909 represented as Plaxiphora tricolor Thiele, 1909
    19. Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) tulearensis Leloup, 1981 represented as Plaxiphora tulearensis Leloup, 1981
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385603 on 2025-05-23
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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). On the genera of the family Chitonidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 63-70. [63-66: 22 June 1847; 67-70: 30 June 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862847
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Frembleya H. Adams, 1867) Adams, H. (1867 ["1866"]). Descriptions of six new species of shells, and note on <i>Opisthostoma de-Crespignii</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1866): 445–447. [April 1867]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627945
page(s): 445. [details] 

original description (of Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Plaxiphora (Guildingia) P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 284, 288 [details] 

original description (of Kopionella Ashby, 1919) Ashby, E. (1919). Notes on Australian Polyplacophora, including descriptions of two new genera, a new variety, and the description and proposed recognition of Mr Bednall 's <i>Stenochiton pilsbryanus</i>. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 43: 66-73, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37138178 [details] 

original description (of Mopalia (Semimopalia) Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of chitons from the Pacific Coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 55 (2283): 499-516., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7600610
page(s): 514 [details] 

original description (of Aerilamma Hull, 1924) Hull, A. F. B. (1924). New Queensland loricates (Phylum Mollusca, Order Loricata). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> 36: 109-116, pl. 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48554138
page(s): 113 [details] 

original description (of Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Maorichiton Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932) Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. (1932). The loricates of the Neozelanic region. [5]. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 7: 119–164., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38708738
page(s): 131 [details] 

original description (of Plaxiphora (Maorichiton) Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Streptochiton Dall, 1879) Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 1: 281-344, pls 1-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651354
page(s): 298 [details] 

original description (of Plaxiphora (Diaphoroplax) Iredale, 1914) Iredale, T. (1914). The chiton fauna of the Kermadec Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 25-51, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715523
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Plaxiphora (Euplaxiphora) Shuttleworth, 1853) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1853). Über den Bau der Chitoniden, mit Aufzählung der die Antillen und die Canarischen Inseln bewohnenden Arten. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern.</em> (1853): 169-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256889
page(s): 193 [details] 

basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details] 

 
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