MolluscaBase - Gymnoplax Gray, 1821

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Gymnoplax Gray, 1821

AphiaID

385622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385622)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Gymnoplax Gray, 1821

Direct children (12)

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Species Gymnoplax bourdoti Rochebrune, 1883 †
Species Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Gymnoplax anaglyptus Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) dispar (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) represented as Ischnochiton dispar (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Species Gymnoplax benoisti Rochebrune, 1882 † accepted as Lepidopleurus benoisti (Rochebrune, 1882) † (original combination)
Species Gymnoplax insularis Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Rhyssoplax canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Species Gymnoplax ludoviciae Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Chiton granosus Frembly, 1827
Species Gymnoplax orbignyi Rochebrune, 1882 † accepted as Lepidopleurus benoisti (Rochebrune, 1882) †
Species Gymnoplax raduliferus Rochebrune, 1883 † accepted as Ischnochiton raduliferus (Rochebrune, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Gymnoplax rhynchotus Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Rhyssoplax rhynchota (Rochebrune, 1884) (original combination)
Species Gymnoplax spiciferus Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Ischnochiton pectinatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Ischnoplax pectinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
Species Gymnoplax urvillei Rochebrune, 1881 accepted as Ischnochiton contractus (Reeve, 1847)
Species Gymnoplax hamyi Rochebrune, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gymnoplax Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385622 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-20 07:57:47Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2014-09-22 08:25:08Z

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Schwabe, Enrico

2019-08-30 03:54:14Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-12-10 20:51:12Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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original description Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]