Malacology 279312: Chiton fosteri

Zanzibar, Kiwengwa, outer reef
Africa: Tanzania
Feb-Mar/1957 (1957-02-01 - 1957-03-31)
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Identifications

Chiton fosteri Bullock, 1972

Animalia Mollusca Polyplacophora Neoloricata Chitonida Chitonina Chitonoidea Chitonidae Chiton fosteri

Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Citations

Bullock 1972, Page 246, Paratype of Chiton fosteri

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Notes on the genus Chiton in the western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Africa
Country:	Tanzania
Specific Locality:	Zanzibar, Kiwengwa, outer reef
Verbatim Locality:	Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kiwengwa, outer reef
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Depth:	to 10 ft
Coordinates:	-6.216667° 39.216667° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 301 m
	Brendan Haley; 2019-06-10; Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10
	Coordinate Remarks: [UNDER REVIEW; GEOLOCATE_SCORE: 38; GEOLOCATE_PRECISION: Low; GEOLOCATE_NUMRESULTS: 6]
Collecting Date:	Feb-Mar/1957 (1957-02-01 - 1957-03-31)

Collectors

Ostheimer, Orr, Harrington

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
shell (dry)	good	in collection	2	Verified on shelf summer 2018.

Attributes

reference: Bullock, R. C. 1972. Occ. Pap. Moll. Harv. 3 (44): 245; pl. 44, figs. 6-9.

[no agent data], 2009-10-18, migration

Remarks: ex A. N. S. P. #212257

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MCZ Malacology Mollusca 278001-283000, pg.65

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