MolluscaBase taxon details
Afossochiton rostratus (Ashby & Torr, 1901) †
1376037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1376037)
accepted
Species
Acanthochites rostratus Ashby & Torr, 1901 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Acanthochites rostratus 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): 140, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 140, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state)
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afossochiton rostratus (Ashby & Torr, 1901) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376037 on 2025-06-30
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original description
(of Acanthochites rostratus 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): 140, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]
additional source Cotton B. C. & Godfrey F. K. 1940. The molluscs of South Australia Part II: Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Aplacophora and Crepipoda. Adelaide, Government Printer, pp. 315-600
page(s): 194 [details]
new combination reference Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077
page(s): 181, pl. 18 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 140, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]
additional source Cotton B. C. & Godfrey F. K. 1940. The molluscs of South Australia Part II: Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Aplacophora and Crepipoda. Adelaide, Government Printer, pp. 315-600
page(s): 194 [details]
new combination reference Ashby, E. (1925). Monograph of Australian fossil Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> new ser., 37 (2): 170-205., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287077
page(s): 181, pl. 18 fig. 8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
