MolluscaBase taxon details
Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936
848153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848153)
accepted
Species
Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 · alternative representation
Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936) Leloup, E. (1936). Chitons récoltés au cours de la croisière (1934–1935) du navire-école belge Mercator. <em>Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique.</em> 12 (6): 1–10.
page(s): 1, figs 1-9 [details]
page(s): 1, figs 1-9 [details]
Type locality contained in Easter Island
type locality contained in Easter Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848153 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936) Leloup, E. (1936). Chitons récoltés au cours de la croisière (1934–1935) du navire-école belge Mercator. <em>Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique.</em> 12 (6): 1–10.
page(s): 1, figs 1-9 [details]
additional source Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden.
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 1, figs 1-9 [details]
additional source Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1998). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). second, revised edition. 1-204; Backhyus Publishers Leiden.
page(s): 122 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 Chile, Valparaíso, Isla de Pascua (Easter Island), Hangaroa, collected 1989, ex coll. J.A. Buijse) (from synonym Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936)
To Malacopics (VB.2771b Chile, Valparaiso, Isa de Pascua)
To Malacopics (VB.2771b Chile, Valparaiso, Isa de Pascua)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
