WoRMS taxon details
Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825)
848050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848050)
accepted
Species
Chaetopleura conspersa H. Adams & Angas, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton costatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted
Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted
Chiton petholatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 · unaccepted
Chiton porphyrius G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 · unaccepted
Chiton tasmanicus Paetel, 1887 · unaccepted
Euplaxiphora modesta Haddon, 1886 · unaccepted
Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) albida (Blainville, 1825) · alternative representation
Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted
Plaxiphora concentrica Ashby & Torr, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plaxiphora excurvata Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted
Plaxiphora gellibrandi Ashby & Torr, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted
Plaxiphora petholata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) · unaccepted
Plaxiphora petholata var. tasmanica Ashby, 1924 · unaccepted
Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted
Poneroplax mawlei Iredale & Hull, 1926 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 547 [details]
page(s): 547 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848050 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Chiton petholatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora concentrica Ashby & Torr, 1901) Ashby, E. & Torr, W. G. (1901). Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and noters on others. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 25 (2): 136-144 , pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16140826 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora gellibrandi Ashby & Torr, 1901) Ashby, E. & Torr, W. G. (1901). Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and noters on others. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 25 (2): 136-144 , pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16140826
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Chiton costatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 548 [details]
original description (of Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Chiton petholatus var. porphyrius G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): Catalogue 8 [details]
original description (of Chaetopleura conspersa H. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. (1864). Descriptions of new genera and species of Chitonidae from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1864): 192-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500493
page(s): 193. [details]
original description (of Euplaxiphora modesta Haddon, 1886) Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 In: Challenger expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. V. Zoology. Pt. 43 (vol. 15) [details]
original description (of Chiton tasmanicus Paetel, 1887) Paetel, F. (1887). Catalogue der Conchylien-Sammlung, Berlin. [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora excurvata Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora petholata var. tasmanica Ashby, 1924) Ashby, E. (1924). Notes on the types of Australasian Polyplacophora in the British Museum. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 48: 328-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41571664
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Poneroplax mawlei Iredale & Hull, 1926) Iredale, T.; Hull, A. F. B. (1923-1927). A monograph of the Australian loricates. I-IX. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3(5): 186-194 [7 June 1923]; 3(6): 227-238, pls 33-34 [9 May 1924]; 3(7): 277-297, pls 35-37 [7 October 1924]; 3(8): 339-362, pls 39-40 [14 Jan. 1925]; 4(2): 75-111, pls 9-12 [10 Nov. 1925]; 4(3): 164-185, pls 18-20 [22 Feb. 1926]; 4(4): 256-276, pls 37-39 [30 April 1926]; 4(5): 324-328 [30 Nov. 1926]; 4(6): 339-359 [18 May 1927]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719393
page(s): 167 [details]
basis of record Slieker, F.J.A. (2000). Chitons of the World. An illustrated synopsis of Recent Polyplacophora. Mostra Mondiale Malacologia: Cupra Marittima, Italy. Pp. i–vi, 1–154.
page(s): 110. [details]
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Chiton petholatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora concentrica Ashby & Torr, 1901) Ashby, E. & Torr, W. G. (1901). Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and noters on others. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 25 (2): 136-144 , pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16140826 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora gellibrandi Ashby & Torr, 1901) Ashby, E. & Torr, W. G. (1901). Fossil Polyplacophora from Eocene beds of Muddy Creek, Mornington (Schnapper Point) and Moorabool, Victoria, with definitions of nine new species, and noters on others. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 25 (2): 136-144 , pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16140826
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Chiton costatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825). Oscabrion, <i>Chiton</i>, pp. 519-555, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 36. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305184
page(s): 548 [details]
original description (of Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Chiton petholatus var. porphyrius G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1833-1840). <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 38-45, figs 1-55 [1833 (-1834?)] [G.B. Sowerby II]; 159-160, figs 56-67 [1839] [G.B. Sowerby I]; 161-176, figs 68-155 [1839-1840] [G.B. Sowerby II]. Catalogue and index, 10 pp + 7 pp. [Descriptive catalogue of British chitones] [1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915761
page(s): Catalogue 8 [details]
original description (of Chaetopleura conspersa H. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, H. & Angas, G.F. (1864). Descriptions of new genera and species of Chitonidae from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1864): 192-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500493
page(s): 193. [details]
original description (of Euplaxiphora modesta Haddon, 1886) Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 In: Challenger expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. V. Zoology. Pt. 43 (vol. 15) [details]
original description (of Chiton tasmanicus Paetel, 1887) Paetel, F. (1887). Catalogue der Conchylien-Sammlung, Berlin. [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora excurvata Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 14: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae. pp i-xxxiv, 1-350, pls 1-40. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Jul. 25, 1892; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 25, 1892; pp. 129-208, pls. 31-40, Feb. 25, 1893; pp. 209-350, pls. 41-68, Jul. 1, 1893; i-xxxiv, Jul. 1, 1893]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63221 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100 [details]
original description (of Plaxiphora petholata var. tasmanica Ashby, 1924) Ashby, E. (1924). Notes on the types of Australasian Polyplacophora in the British Museum. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 48: 328-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41571664
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Poneroplax mawlei Iredale & Hull, 1926) Iredale, T.; Hull, A. F. B. (1923-1927). A monograph of the Australian loricates. I-IX. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3(5): 186-194 [7 June 1923]; 3(6): 227-238, pls 33-34 [9 May 1924]; 3(7): 277-297, pls 35-37 [7 October 1924]; 3(8): 339-362, pls 39-40 [14 Jan. 1925]; 4(2): 75-111, pls 9-12 [10 Nov. 1925]; 4(3): 164-185, pls 18-20 [22 Feb. 1926]; 4(4): 256-276, pls 37-39 [30 April 1926]; 4(5): 324-328 [30 Nov. 1926]; 4(6): 339-359 [18 May 1927]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719393
page(s): 167 [details]
basis of record Slieker, F.J.A. (2000). Chitons of the World. An illustrated synopsis of Recent Polyplacophora. Mostra Mondiale Malacologia: Cupra Marittima, Italy. Pp. i–vi, 1–154.
page(s): 110. [details]
Other
additional source
Brooker, L. R.; Lee, A. P.; Macey, D. J.; Webb, J.; Bronswijk, W van. (2006). In situ Studies of Biomineral Deposition in the Radula Teeth of Chitons of the Suborder Chitonina. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 65 (1-2): 71-80. [details] Available for editors
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To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiton glaucus) (from synonym Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plaxiphora albida)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825)
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, Tasmania, on rocks at low tide, ex ...
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, Western Australia, Augusta, on rock...
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5865) (from synonym Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5893) (from synonym Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiton glaucus) (from synonym Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plaxiphora albida)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825)
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, Tasmania, on rocks at low tide, ex ...
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, Western Australia, Augusta, on rock...
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5865) (from synonym Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5893) (from synonym Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)