Leptochiton benthedi ( Leloup, 1981 )

Schwabe, Enrico, 2008, A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca) *, Zootaxa 1866, pp. 205-222 : 214

Leptochiton benthedi ( Leloup, 1981)

Lepidopleurus benthedi Leloup 1981: 2 , text­figs 2, 3, pl. 1, fig. 5.

Originally seven specimens were described from two different stations at the northern end of the Mozambique

Channel, southeast of Îles Glorieuses [11°34’S, 47°18’E], in 3700 and 3716 m depth.

Additional specimens were reported by Kaas (1985) from the northern end of the Mozambique Channel:

­ 9 specimens from southeast of Îles Glorieuses (11°44'S, 47°35'E), 3716 m

­ 1 specimen between Mayotte and the North Geyser Bank (11°59.8'S, 45°42.6'E), 3450 m

­ 1 specimen from the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, northeast Geyser Bank (12°12.7'S, 46°40.8'E), 2300 m