Rhyssoplax

Rhyssoplax
Rhyssoplax olivacea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Chitoninae
Genus:
Thiele, 1893
Type species
Chiton affinis
Issel, 1869
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Anthochiton Thiele, 1893
  • Chiton (Anthochiton) Thiele, 1893
  • Chiton (Clathropleura) Tiberi, 1877
  • Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele, 1893
  • Georgus Thiele, 1893

Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Rhyssoplax:[1]

  • Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax affinis (Issel, 1869)
  • Rhyssoplax allanthomsoni Mestayer, 1929
  • Rhyssoplax assurecta Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018
  • Rhyssoplax baliensis Bullock, 1989
  • Rhyssoplax barnardi (Ashby, 1931)
  • Rhyssoplax bednalli (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
  • Rhyssoplax burmana (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
  • Rhyssoplax calliozona (Pilsbry, 1894)
  • Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  • Rhyssoplax canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)
  • Rhyssoplax coryphea (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  • Rhyssoplax coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
  • Rhyssoplax crawfordi (Sykes, 1899)
  • Rhyssoplax densilirata (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
  • Rhyssoplax diaphora Iredale & May, 1916
  • Rhyssoplax discolor (Souverbie, 1866)
  • Rhyssoplax duodeni (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
  • Rhyssoplax ectypa (Rochebrune, 1884)
  • Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
  • Rhyssoplax exoptanda (Bednall, 1897)
  • Rhyssoplax fossicius (Ashby & Torr, 1901)
  • Rhyssoplax fosteri (Bullock, 1972)
  • Rhyssoplax funerea (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  • Rhyssoplax heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)
  • Rhyssoplax jugosa (A. Gould, 1846)
  • Rhyssoplax kimberi (Ashby, 1928)
  • Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
  • Rhyssoplax kurodai (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
  • Rhyssoplax linsleyi Burghardt, 1973
  • Rhyssoplax macdonaldensis (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
  • Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Rhyssoplax mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  • Rhyssoplax octocostata (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
  • Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)
  • Rhyssoplax orukta (Maughan, 1900)
  • Rhyssoplax peregrina (Thiele, 1909)
  • Rhyssoplax perviridis (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  • Rhyssoplax phaseolina (Monterosato, 1879)
  • Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797)
  • Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
  • Rhyssoplax pulvinata (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
  • Rhyssoplax rapaitiensis (Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006)
  • Rhyssoplax relata (Ashby & Cotton, 1936)
  • Rhyssoplax rhynchota (Rochebrune, 1884)
  • Rhyssoplax salihafui (Bullock, 1972)
  • Rhyssoplax speciosa (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  • Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax subassimilis (Souverbie, 1866)
  • Rhyssoplax tectiformis Is. Taki, 1938
  • Rhyssoplax torriana (Hedley & Hull, 1910)
  • Rhyssoplax translucens (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  • Rhyssoplax tricostalis (Pilsbry, 1894)
  • Rhyssoplax vauclusensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  • Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
  • Rhyssoplax whitleyi Iredale & Hull, 1932


References

General
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Discover life
  • CSIRO
  • [1]
Citations
  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-03-21.