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Leptochiton blikshteyni Sirenko, 2019

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

MNHN-IM-2009-16613
5.3

Taxonomy

Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Lepidopleurida
Leptochitonidae
Leptochiton blikshteyni Sirenko, 2019

Origin

Inhambane transect
Vizconde de Eza
Navire océanographique
2009-04-15
148 -152
23° 54' 52.2'' S ; 35° 37' 9.012'' E
Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel: 23°55′ S, 35°37′ E, 148–152 m (Inhambane transect, Campagne MAINBAZA, N.O. “Vizconde de Eza” Stn CC3159, 15.04.2009, leg. B. Bouchet, Rosado & H. Strong

Determination history

HOLOTYPE
, . - Two new Leptochitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Leptochitonidae) from Madagascar and Mozambique. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 98(8): 845-853
 
Citation: p. 850-853 fig. 4-7 (d.o.)
Bouchet, Strong, Warén, Kano & Gofas
Gen. sp.