Marine Species Traits - Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899

Traits taxon details

Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Dinoplax fossus. Sykes, 1899. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 277, fig. 1 - catalog no. 76428)

AphiaID

386179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386179)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dinoplax P. P. Carpenter, 1882

Original name

Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899

Environment

marine

Original description

Sykes E. R. (1899). On Dinoplax fossus, n. sp., and Chiton crawfordi, n. sp., from South Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3(5): 277-279.
page(s): 277, fig. 1. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386179 on 2025-09-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386179 on 2025-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sykes E. R. (1899). On Dinoplax fossus, n. sp., and Chiton crawfordi, n. sp., from South Africa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3(5): 277-279.
page(s): 277, fig. 1. [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 138. [details]

additional source Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.:
page(s): 113. [details]

additional source Kaas, P. (1979). The chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 23(3): 855–879.
page(s): 861. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Dinoplax fossus. Sykes, 1899. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 277, fig. 1 - catalog no. 76428)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Malacopics (Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Natal)

From editor or global species database

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Dinoplax fossus. Sykes, 1899. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 277, fig. 1 - catalog no. 76428)

Hosted externally

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To Malacopics (Dinoplax fossus Sykes, 1899 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Natal)

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