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Notoplax H. Adams, 1862

206244 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206244)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
  8. Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Cryptoconchidae (Family)
  10. Notoplax (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cryptoplax (Notoplax) speciosa H. Adams, 1862 accepted as Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1862) (type by monotypy)
Cryptoconchidae Iredale, 1914
Acanthochites (Loboplax) Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthochites (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Acanthochiton (Eoplax) Ashby & Cotton, 1936 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthochiton (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Acanthochitona (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Amblyplax Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aristochiton Thiele, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cryptoconchus (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cryptoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Eoplax Ashby & Cotton, 1936 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Loboplax Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophoplax Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted
Macandrellus Dall, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mecynoplax Thiele, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notoplax (Amblyplax) Ashby, 1926 · alternative representation
Notoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Notoplax acutirostrata (Reeve, 1847)
  2. Species Notoplax addenda Iredale & Hull, 1925
  3. Species Notoplax adelaidae (Ashby & Cotton, 1936) †
  4. Species Notoplax aenigma (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  5. Species Notoplax alisonae (Kaas, 1976)
  6. Species Notoplax arabica Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
  7. Species Notoplax arenaria Gowlett-Holmes & McHenry, 1988 †
  8. Species Notoplax ashbyi (Laws, 1932) †
  9. Species Notoplax aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
  10. Species Notoplax bergenhayni Kaas & Van Belle, 1998
  11. Species Notoplax buicki Gowlett-Holmes, 1992 †
  12. Species Notoplax conica Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929
  13. Species Notoplax costata (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  14. Species Notoplax crocodila (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
  15. Species Notoplax curiosa (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  16. Species Notoplax dallii Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929
  17. Species Notoplax facilis Iredale & Hull, 1931
  18. Species Notoplax formosa (Reeve, 1847)
  19. Species Notoplax gabrieli (Ashby, 1922)
  20. Species Notoplax glauerti (Ashby, 1923)
  21. Species Notoplax hilgendorfi Thiele, 1909
  22. Species Notoplax hirta (Thiele, 1909)
  23. Species Notoplax holosericea (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  24. Species Notoplax kaasi Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
  25. Species Notoplax lancemilnei Gowlett-Holmes, 1988
  26. Species Notoplax latalamina Dell, 1956
  27. Species Notoplax leuconota (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  28. Species Notoplax macandrewi Iredale & Hull, 1925
  29. Species Notoplax madagascariensis Vončina & Schwabe, 2026
  30. Species Notoplax magellanica Thiele, 1909
  31. Species Notoplax mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908)
  32. Species Notoplax mayi (Ashby, 1922)
  33. Species Notoplax odysseyi Sirenko & H. Saito, 2017
  34. Species Notoplax richeri Kaas, 1990
  35. Species Notoplax rosea (Leloup, 1940)
  36. Species Notoplax rostellata Kaas, 1990
  37. Species Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872)
  38. Species Notoplax rubrostrata (Torr, 1912)
  39. Species Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1862)
  40. Species Notoplax sphenorhyncha (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  41. Species Notoplax squamopleura Bergenhayn, 1933
  42. Species Notoplax subviridis (Torr, 1911)
  43. Species Notoplax tateyamaensis W.-L. Wu & Okutani, 1995
  44. Species Notoplax tridacna (Rochebrune, 1881)
  45. Species Notoplax violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  46. Species Notoplax websteri A. W. B. Powell, 1937
  47. Species Notoplax aqabaensis Leloup MS accepted as Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) (nomen nudum, later considered a synonym)
  48. Species Notoplax ashbyi (Leloup, 1940) accepted as Notoplax addenda Iredale & Hull, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Notoplax brookesi Ashby, 1929 accepted as Notoplax mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Species Notoplax cuneata (Suter, 1907) accepted as Pseudotonicia cuneata (Suter, 1908) (superseded combination)
  51. Species Notoplax curvisetosus (Leloup, 1960) accepted as Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960)
  52. Species Notoplax doederleini Thiele, 1909 accepted as Leptoplax doederleini (Thiele, 1909) (original combination)
  53. Species Notoplax elegans Leloup, 1981 accepted as Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Notoplax eximia Thiele, 1909 accepted as Acanthochitona scutigera (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Notoplax extra Iredale & Hull, 1925 accepted as Notoplax rubrostrata (Torr, 1912)
  56. Species Notoplax floridanus Dall, 1889 accepted as Cryptoconchus floridanus (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Notoplax foresti Leloup, 1965 accepted as Craspedochiton foresti (Leloup, 1965) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Notoplax producta (P. P. Carpenter, 1892) accepted as Craspedochiton productus (P. P. Carpenter, 1892)
  59. Species Notoplax richardi Kaas, 1990 accepted as Leptoplax richardi (Kaas, 1990) (original combination)
  60. Species Notoplax rottnestensis Ashby, 1929 accepted as Craspedochiton jaubertensis Ashby, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Notoplax rubromaculata (Nierstrasz, 1905) accepted as Leptoplax rubromaculata (Nierstrasz, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Notoplax subspeciosa Iredale & Hull, 1925 accepted as Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1862)
  63. Species Notoplax thielei Bergenhayn, 1933 accepted as Notoplax (Notoplax) dallii Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929 represented as Notoplax dallii Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929
  64. Species Notoplax umgaziana H. J. Koch, 1951 accepted as Craspedochiton umgazianus (H. J. Koch, 1951) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  65. Species Notoplax unica (Nierstrasz, 1905) accepted as Leptoplax unica (Nierstrasz, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Subgenus Notoplax (Amblyplax) Ashby, 1926 represented as Notoplax H. Adams, 1862
    1. Species Notoplax (Amblyplax) brookesi Ashby, 1929 accepted as Notoplax mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908) (original combination)
    2. Species Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926 accepted as Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926 accepted as Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (junior subjective synonym)
    4. Species Notoplax (Amblyplax) mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908) represented as Notoplax mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908)
  67. Subgenus Notoplax (Ikedaella) Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929 represented as Notoplax H. Adams, 1862
    1. Species Notoplax (Ikedaella) conicus Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929 accepted as Notoplax conica Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929
  68. Subgenus Notoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 represented as Notoplax H. Adams, 1862
    1. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) richardi Kaas, 1990 accepted as Leptoplax richardi (Kaas, 1990) (basionym)
    2. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) richeri Kaas, 1990 accepted as Notoplax richeri Kaas, 1990 (original combination)
    3. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) rostellata Kaas, 1990 accepted as Notoplax rostellata Kaas, 1990 (original combination)
    4. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) arabica Kaas & Van Belle, 1988 represented as Notoplax arabica Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
    5. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) arenaria Gowlett-Holmes & McHenry, 1988 † represented as Notoplax arenaria Gowlett-Holmes & McHenry, 1988 †
    6. Species Notoplax (Notoplax) dallii Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929 represented as Notoplax dallii Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Cryptoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862) Adams, H. (1862). Descriptions of some new genera and species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861 (3): 383-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672929
page(s): 385. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Notoplax H. Adams, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206244 on 2026-10-08
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-03-20 07:57:47Z
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Schwabe, Enrico
2009-09-01 10:37:35Z
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Schwabe, Enrico
2012-04-16 08:16:26Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2015-02-18 19:34:54Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-06-26 05:14:02Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-29 01:18:58Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-11-21 08:49:09Z
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Vinarski, Maxim
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Herbert, David
2026-07-13 13:07:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2026-08-30 11:54:24Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Cryptoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862) Adams, H. (1862). Descriptions of some new genera and species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861 (3): 383-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672929
page(s): 385. [details] 

original description (of Eoplax Ashby & Cotton, 1936 †) Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1936). South Australian fossil Chitons. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 5 (4): 509-512., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40997337 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochiton (Eoplax) Ashby & Cotton, 1936 †) Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1936). South Australian fossil Chitons. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 5 (4): 509-512., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40997337 [details] 

original description (of Lophoplax 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 [details] 

original description (of Notoplax (Amblyplax) 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 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites (Loboplax) Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1893). Notes on the <i>Acanthochitidae</i> with descriptions of new American species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(3): 31-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565763
page(s): 32 [details] 

original description (of Notoplax (Ikedaella) Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929) Taki, Is.; Taki, Iw. (1929). Studies on Japanese Chitons (1). <em>Venus.</em> 1(2): 47-54.
page(s): 47-48 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mecynoplax Thiele, 1893) Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Troschel] <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33044364
page(s): 393 [details] 

original description (of Aristochiton Thiele, 1909) Thiele, J. (1909-1910). Revision des Systems der Chitonen. <em>Zoologica [Stuttgart].</em> 22: 1-70, pls 1-7 (1909); 71-132, pls 7-10 (1910)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655100
page(s): 35 [details] 

basis of record Gowlett-Holmes K.L. (1991) Redefinition of the genus <i>Notoplax</i> H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus <i>Pseudotonicia</i> Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). <i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i> 12: 77-88. [31 October 1991], available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1991.10674026 [details] 

additional source Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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