MolluscaBase taxon details
Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 †
1376023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1376023)
accepted
Species
Aulacochiton erma Cotton & Godfrey, 1940 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lorica affinis Ashby & Torr, 1901 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lorica duniana Hull, 1910 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lorica erma (Cotton & Godfrey, 1940) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lorica compressa Ashby & Torr, 1901 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376023 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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 Lorica affinis 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 Aulacochiton erma Cotton & Godfrey, 1940 †) 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): 570 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 192 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & McHenry, B. J. (1988). Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. I. Polyplacophora. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 22: 1-11.
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Lorica affinis 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 Aulacochiton erma Cotton & Godfrey, 1940 †) 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): 570 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 192 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & McHenry, B. J. (1988). Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. I. Polyplacophora. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 22: 1-11.
page(s): 9 [details]