Rhyssoplax

Rhyssoplax
Rhyssoplax olivacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Chitonidae
Subfamily:	Chitoninae
Genus:	Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893
Type species
Chiton affinis Issel, 1869
Species
See text
Synonyms
AnthochitonThiele, 1893 Chiton (Anthochiton) Thiele, 1893 Chiton (Clathropleura) Tiberi, 1877 Chiton (Rhyssoplax) Thiele, 1893 GeorgusThiele, 1893

Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Rhyssoplax: ^[1]

• Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax aerea aerea (Reeve, 1847)
  • Rhyssoplax aerea huttoni (Suter, 1906)
• Rhyssoplax affinis (Issel, 1869)
• † Rhyssoplax allanthomsoni Mestayer, 1929
• † Rhyssoplax assurecta Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018
• Rhyssoplax baliensis Bullock, 1989
• Rhyssoplax barnardi (Ashby, 1931)
• Rhyssoplax bednalli (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Rhyssoplax bullocki Sirenko, 2012
• Rhyssoplax burmana (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
• Rhyssoplax calliozona (Pilsbry, 1894)
• Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
• Rhyssoplax canariensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
• Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)
• Rhyssoplax coryphea (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
• Rhyssoplax coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
• Rhyssoplax crawfordi (Sykes, 1899)
• Rhyssoplax densilirata (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
• Rhyssoplax diaphora Iredale & May, 1916
• Rhyssoplax discolor (Souverbie, 1866)
• † Rhyssoplax duodeni (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
• Rhyssoplax ectypa (Rochebrune, 1884)
• Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
• Rhyssoplax exoptanda (Bednall, 1897)
• † Rhyssoplax fossicius (Ashby & Torr, 1901)
• Rhyssoplax fosteri (Bullock, 1972)
• Rhyssoplax funerea (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
• Rhyssoplax heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)
• Rhyssoplax jugosa (A. Gould, 1846)
• Rhyssoplax kimberi (Ashby, 1928)
• Rhyssoplax komaiana (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
• Rhyssoplax kurodai (Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1929)
• Rhyssoplax linsleyi Burghardt, 1973
• † Rhyssoplax macdonaldensis (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
• Rhyssoplax maldivensis (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Rhyssoplax mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
• † Rhyssoplax octocostata (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)
• Rhyssoplax olivacea (Spengler, 1797)
• Rhyssoplax orukta (Maughan, 1900)
• Rhyssoplax peregrina (Thiele, 1909)
• Rhyssoplax perviridis (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
• Rhyssoplax phaseolina (Monterosato, 1879)
• Rhyssoplax polita (Spengler, 1797)
• Rhyssoplax pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
• Rhyssoplax pulvinata (P. P. Carpenter, 1893)
• Rhyssoplax rapaitiensis (Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006)
• † Rhyssoplax relata (Ashby & Cotton, 1936)
• Rhyssoplax rhynchota (Rochebrune, 1884)
• Rhyssoplax salihafui (Bullock, 1972)
• Rhyssoplax speciosa (Nierstrasz, 1905)
• Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
• Rhyssoplax subassimilis (Souverbie, 1866)
• Rhyssoplax tectiformis Is. Taki, 1938
• Rhyssoplax torriana (Hedley & Hull, 1910)
• Rhyssoplax translucens (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
• Rhyssoplax tricostalis (Pilsbry, 1894)
• Rhyssoplax vauclusensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
• Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923
• Rhyssoplax whitleyi Iredale & Hull, 1932

References

General

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Discover life
• CSIRO

Citations

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-03-21.