OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Polyplacophora Neoloricata MOPALIIDAE 

Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Acanthopleura brevispinosa auct.
   Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936
   Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris (Leloup, 1936)

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Easter Island Group
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 

Keywords

depth: intertidal       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 
depth: shallow subtidal       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 
depth: subtidal       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 
habitat: tide pools       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 
substrate: rocks       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 16 

References

 DellAngelo, B; Raines, B & Bonfitto, A 2004. p.140 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816
            Neoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955
              Ischnochitonina
                MOPALIIDAE Pilsbry, 1893
                  Unplaced
                    Plaxiphora Gray, 1847
                      Plaxiphora (Unplaced)
                        Plaxiphora (Unplaced) mercatoris Leloup, 1936

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=75724) created by benamy on 2002-08-12. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-18.