Tegulaplax hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903 )
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Tegulaplax hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903) View in CoL
( Figures 4J–O View FIGURE 4 , 12D View FIGURE 12 )
Ischnochiton hululensis E.A. Smith 1903: 619 , pl. 36, figs 3–6. Chiton hululensis View in CoL ; Leloup 1952: 23, 56, fig. 10; pl. 3, fig. 5; Slieker 2000: 48, pl. 12, fig. 17. Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis View in CoL ; Dell’Angelo & Smriglio 1999: 184, pls. 62–63, fig. 112; Anseeuw & Terryn 2004: 9, figs
40–41; Dell’Angelo et al. 2004: 54, pl. 4, figs 12–14; Schwabe 2005: 54, pl. 2, fig. 4; 2006: 101, figs 1B, 2G–L, 5;
Kaas et al. 2006: 240, fig. 97 (bibliography and synonymy); Schwabe et al. 2008: 15, figs 2E–F. Tegulaplax hululensis ; Saito 2000: 19, pl. 9, fig. 3.
Type: NHM 1903.9.17.27.
Type locality: Maldive Archipelago , Kaafu Atoll, Hulule Island (4°10’59” N, 73°31’58” E), 1.8–11 m. GoogleMaps
Material examined: M13: 64 valves (9 head, 43 intermediate and 12 tail); M17: 4 valves (1 head, 2 intermediate and 1 tail); M19: 5 valves (1 head, 3 intermediate and 1 tail); M20: 9 valves (2 head, 4 intermediate and 3 tail); M23: 5 valves (1 head, 2 intermediate and 2 tail); M26: 13 valves (1 head, 7 intermediate and 5 tail); M28: 1 spm (length 10.5 mm, Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 ); M65: 38 valves (5 head, 23 intermediate and 10 tail); MLD01A: 7 valves (1 head, 5 intermediate and 1 tail); MLD02A: 30 valves (3 head, 14 intermediate and 13 tail); MLD03A: 21 valves (4 head, 12 intermediate and 5 tail); MLD04B: 2 valves (1 intermediate and 1 tail); MLD05A: 4 valves (1 head and 3 intermediate); MLD05B: 8 valves (1 head, 6 intermediate and 1 tail); LB01: 2 spm (length 14.5 and 8 mm); LB02A: 1 spm (length 9.2 mm); LB03A: 2 spm (length 17 and 13.8 mm); LB05: 25 valves (6 head, 15 intermediate and 4 tail).
Remarks: A detailed description of this species is given by Kaas et al. (2006).
This well known species is widely but discontinuously distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific and has numerous synonyms ( Kaas et al. 2006). It is characterized by its sculpture consisting of small, irregular, concentric costae, sinuous in the middle, occurring on head valve, lateral, and postmucronal areas.
Distribution: Tegulaplax hululensis is known from the Tasman Sea trough the Torres Strait, NE Papua New Guinea, S. Vietnam, the Moluccas, the Timor Sea, Japan, Guam, the Fiji Islands, the Maldive Islands, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mozambique, Aden, the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
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Tegulaplax hululensis (E.A. Smith, 1903 )
Dell’Angelo, Bruno, Gori, Sandro, Baschieri, Leonardo & Bonfitto, Antonio 2010 |
Ischnochiton hululensis E.A. Smith 1903: 619
Anseeuw, B. & Terryn, Y. 2004: 9 |
Slieker, F. J. A. 2000: 48 |
Dell'Angelo, B. & Smriglio, C. 1999: 184 |
Leloup, E. 1952: 23 |
Smith, E. A. 1903: 619 |