original description
(of Chiton violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 403 [details]
original description
(of Chiton porphyreticus Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Chiton</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica; or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 1, 12-17, Mar. 1847; 2-9, Feb. 1847; 10, 11, 18, Apr. 1847; 19-25, May 1847; 26, Jul. 1847; 27, Oct. 1847; 28, Jan. 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375560
page(s): pl. 10, sp. 56 [details]
original description
(of Acanthochiton violaceus var. papillo Ashby, 1922) Ashby, E. (1922). Types of species of Australasian Polyplacophora described by de Blainville, Lamarck, de Rochebrune, and others, now in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, in Paris. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 46: 572-582., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35317753
page(s): 578 [details]
original description
(of Loboplax violaceus var. dunedinensis Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
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