Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 9

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Rhyssoplax venusta Hull, 1923 View in CoL

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Rhyssoplax venusta Hull 1923: 165 View in CoL , pl. 26, figs 1–4, 9–12; Dawydoff 1952: 113; Sirenko 2012: 71, pl. 12 F; figs 16, 17.

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venusta ; Leloup 1952: 56, text-fig. 19, pl. 5, fig. 1, pl. 6, fig.2.

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus View in CoL ; Kaas & Van Belle 1980: 139; 1998: 196; Kaas et al. 2006: 229, fig. 92, map 37 (bibliography and synonymy).

Type material. Holotype ( AM).

Type locality. Queensland, Keppel Bay, Emu Park .

Material examined. South China Sea. Guangxi Province of China, MBM 100143, 18– 23 m, 2 spms, BL 9.0–11.5 mm, 26.05.1978.

Distribution. Northeastern Queensland, Vietnam (from Cau to Cat Ba islands) and Guangxi Province of South China.

Remarks. The species is rather abundant in Vietnamese part of the Beibu Gulf ( Gulf of Tongkin). In the Guangxi Province the species was documented for the first time.