(ofChiton gigas Gmelin, 1791)Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5[details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224922 on 2024-05-01
original description(ofChiton gigas Gmelin, 1791)Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5[details]
original description(ofDinoplax gigas alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699 page(s): 179, pl. 39, figs 1, 2. [details]
additional sourceKaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>: page(s): 110. [details]
additional sourceKilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 138, pl. 33, fig. 5. [details]
additional sourceAshby, E. (1928). South African Chitons, being a description of the Polyplacophora Represented in the Turton Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18 (2): 76-92. page(s): 82, pl. 8, figs 22-24. [details]
additional sourceNierstrasz, H. F. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. VI. Chitonen aus der Kapkololonie [sic] und Natal. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 23: 487–520., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10192565 page(s): 489. [details]
additional sourceAshby, E. (1931). Monograph of the South African Polyplacophora (Chitons). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 1–59., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855644 page(s): 27. [details]
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