Cryptoplax larvaeformis ( Burrow, 1815 )

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 33

Cryptoplax larvaeformis ( Burrow, 1815)

( Fig. 4F )

Chiton larvaeformis Burrow 1815: 179 , pl. 28, figs 2–4.

Cryptoplax larvaeformis ; Haddon 1886: 37, pl. 3, figs 12a– 12m; Pilsbry 1893 –94: 56 (1893), pl. 11, figs 31–36, 40–43 (1894); Huang & Xu 1964: 6; Ang, 1967: 393, 423, pl. 16, figs 1–4; Slieker 2000: 22, 54, pl. 15, figs 12–12a; Schwabe 2001: 27; 2005: 54, pl. 2, fig. 11; 2006b: 20; 2007: 149, figs 3, 4A, C, 5A, C, E, 6A, C; Ma 2004: 4, pl. 2 fig. A; Xu 2008: 458; Schwabe et al. 2008: 29 , figs 7E, F (taxonomy and synonymy).

Type material. Holotype NHM 1951.1.28.1. Type locality. Unknown. Material examined. South China Sea , Xisha Islands, 57–419, 1 spm, BL 35.0 mm, 12.06.1957. Distribution. Andaman Sea, Xisha Islands, Japan, Philippines, Samoa, New Caledonia and Australia

( Schwabe et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Complete specimens of species of genera Plaxiphora, Placiphorella, Acanthochitona, and Cryptoplax: A. Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi, Hainan Island, Sanya, stn 13, BL 5.0 mm; B. Placiphorella stimpsoni, Hainan Island, Sanya, BL 23.0 mm; C. Acanthochitona britayevi, Hainan Island, Xincun, BL 8.0 mm; D. Acanthochitona intermedia, Xisha Islands, MBM 100328 BL 11.0 mm; E. Acanthochitona lanae, Hainan Island, stn 1 BL 5.0 mm; F. Cryptoplax larvaeformis, Xisha Islands, 57-419, BL 35.0 mm; G. Cryptoplax oculata, Xisha Islands, 57-419, BL 35.0 mm.