MolluscaBase taxon details
Protochiton granulosus (Ashby & Torr, 1901) †
1376036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1376036)
accepted
Species
Acanthochites (Notoplax) granulosus Ashby & Torr, 1901 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lepidopleurus pamphilius Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Acanthochites (Notoplax) granulosus 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): 139, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 139, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state)
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protochiton granulosus (Ashby & Torr, 1901) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376036 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Lepidopleurus pamphilius Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †) Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1939). New fossil chitons from the Miocene and Pliocene of Victoria. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 6(3): 209–242, pls. 19–21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41025886
page(s): 222 [details]
original description (of Acanthochites (Notoplax) granulosus 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): 139, pl. 4 fig. 9 [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): 191 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 172 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
original description (of Acanthochites (Notoplax) granulosus 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): 139, pl. 4 fig. 9 [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): 191 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 172 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
