Belknapchiton simplex ( Nierstrasz, 1905 )

Sirenko, B. I., 2023, Indonesian chitons of the genera Belknapchiton Sirenko, Saito et Schwabe, 2022 and Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Leptochitonidae), Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 33 (2), pp. 79-94 : 84

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35885/ruthenica.2023.33(2).4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11172620
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scientific name	Belknapchiton simplex ( Nierstrasz, 1905 )
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Belknapchiton simplex ( Nierstrasz, 1905) View in CoL

Lepidopleurus simplex Nierstrasz, 1905: 4 View in CoL , pl. 1, fig. 3, pl. 2, figs 44–47.

Leptochiton alveolus View in CoL . – Ferreira, 1979: 152, fig 14, non Chiton alveolus Lovén,1846 View in CoL .

Leptochiton (Leptochiton) alveolus View in CoL . – Kaas, Van Belle, 1985: 36, fig. 14, non Chiton alveolus Lovén,1846 View in CoL .

Leptochiton (Leptochiton) belknapi View in CoL . – Kaas, Van Belle, 1987: 10, fig. 24, non Leptochiton belknapi Dall, 1878 View in CoL .

Belknapchiton simplex View in CoL . – Sirenko et al., 2022: 104.

Type material. Lectotype ( ZMA.MOLL.138623), and paralectotype ( ZMA.MOLL.138612), designated by Ferreira [1979].

Type locality. Indonesia, Strait of Macassar , 0°34.6’N, 119°8.5’E, 1301 m GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Only known from the type locality.

Remarks. This species differs from other relatives by dorsal scales with six longitudinal ribs and carinated valves. It is necessary to compare this species with B. japonicus (Thiele, 1909) , which is widespread not only off the coast of Japan, but also off New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands [Sirenko, 2016].