MolluscaBase - Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936

MolluscaBase name details

Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936

AphiaID

386923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386923)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Plaxiphora (Mercatora) mercatoris Leloup, 1936 represented as Plaxiphora mercatoris Leloup, 1936

Rank

Species

Parent

Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) Iredale, 1914 accepted as Plaxiphora J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Type data

Type locality contained in Easter Island

type locality contained in Easter Island [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plaxiphora (Poneroplax) mercatoris Leloup, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386923 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 14:09:41Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2024-01-28 08:32:09Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality