Rhyssoplax

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

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

Species

• Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax aerea aerea (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax aerea huttoni (Suter, 1906)
• †Rhyssoplax allanthomsoni Mestayer, 1929
• Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
• Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
• Rhyssoplax chathamensis (Dell, 1960)
• Rhyssoplax clavata (Suter, 1907)
• Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
• Rhyssoplax kimberi (Ashby, 1929)
• Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929)
• Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1841)
• Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
• Rhyssoplax suteri (Iredale, 1910)
• Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923

Synonyms (?):

• Rhyssoplax baliensis Bullock, 1989: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989)
• Rhyssoplax bednalli (Pilsbry, 1895): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli Pilsbry, 1895
• Rhyssoplax bernardi Ashby, 1931: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi Ashby, 1931
• Rhyssoplax calliozona (Pilsbry, 1894): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894
• Rhyssoplax canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
• Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)
• Rhyssoplax corphea Hedley & Hull, 1912: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
• Rhyssoplax coxi Pilsbry, 1894: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi Pilsbry, 1894
• Rhyssoplax crawfordi (Sykes, 1899): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899
• Rhyssoplax densilirata Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
• Rhyssoplax diaphora Iredale & May, 1916: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus (Iredale & May, 1916)
• Rhyssoplax discolor (Souverbie, 1866): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
• Rhyssoplax exoptanda (Bednall, 1897: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897
• Rhyssoplax funerea Hedley & Hull, 1912: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
• Rhyssoplax jugosa (Gould, 1846): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846
• Rhyssoplax kurodai (Taki & Taki, 1929): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
• Rhyssoplax linsleyi Burghardt, 1973: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)
• Rhyssoplax mauritiana Quoy and Gaimard. 1835: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
• Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
• Rhyssoplax orukta Maughan, 1900: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus Maughan, 1900
• Rhyssoplax spinosetatus Bergenhayn, 1930: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
• Rhyssoplax torriana Hedley & Hull, 1910: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910
• Rhyssoplax translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909
• Rhyssoplax tricostalis (Pilsbry, 1894): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894
• Rhyssoplax tulipa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835): Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797
• Rhyssoplax vaulusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909: Synonym of Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909

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
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