World Register of Deep-Sea species - Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966)

AphiaID

386093 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386093)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tripoplax S. S. Berry, 1919

Original name

Ischnochiton abyssicola A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966

Synonymised names

Ischnochiton abyssicola A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ischnochiton abyssicola A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966) Smith, A. G. & Cowan, I. M. (1966). A new deep-water chiton from the Northeastern Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 56: 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3158930 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386093 on 2026-09-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386093 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 07:54:34Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

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original description (of Ischnochiton abyssicola A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966) Smith, A. G. & Cowan, I. M. (1966). A new deep-water chiton from the Northeastern Pacific. <em>Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 56: 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3158930 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ischnochiton abyssicola A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966)
To Malacopics (Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966) Canada, British Columbia, Queen Ch...

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Tripoplax abyssicola (A. G. Smith & Cowan, 1966) Canada, British Columbia, Queen Ch...

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