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Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class)
Class: POLYPLACOPHORA
Subclass: NEOLORICATA
Lepidopleurida Thiele, 1909
ABYSSOCHITONIDAE Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
Ferreiraella Sirenko, 1988 (F. caribbensis Sirenko, 1988) =Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989, =Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992) =xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & Jones photo
LEPTOCHITONIDAE Dall, 1889
Belknapchiton Sirenko, Saito & Schwabe, 2022
opiparus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Chiton asellus Gmelin, 1791) =Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847, =Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847, =Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847, =Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878, =Terenochiton Iredale, 1914
beui Sirenko, 2020
finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
inquinatus (Reeve, 1847) =iredalei Ashby photo
kerguelensis Haddon, 1886 =papenstecheri Pfeffer
laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
marshalli Sirenko, 2020
otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930) =deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn
Parachiton Thiele, 1909 (Lepidopleurus acuminatus Thiele, 1909) =Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909
mestayerae Iredale, 1914
textilis Powell, 1937
Terenochiton H. Adams, 1866 (Lepidopleurus (T.) subtropicalis Iredale, 1914) =Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914 (original rank)
norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912) =catenatus Hedley & Hull, =subtropicalis Iredale
HANLEYIDAE Bergenhayn, 1955
Chitonida
Chitonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE Dall, 1889
Ischnochiton Gray, 1847 (Chiton textilis Gray, 1828) =Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle, 1974
circumvallatus (Reeve, 1847) =antipodum Palmer, =campbelli Filhol, =fulvus Suter, =greyi Filhol, =melanterus Rochebrune, =parkeri Suter
granulifer Thiele, 1909
intermedius Hedley & Hull, 1912 =exquisitus Iredale, =kermadecensis Iredale
luteoroseus Suter, 1907 =mawsoni Cotton
maorianus Iredale, 1914 =longicymba Quoy & Gaimard photo
Stenosemus Middendorff, 1847 (Chiton albus Linnaeus, 1767) =Chiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff, 1847, =Chondropleura Thiele, 1906, =Ischnochiton (Chondropleura) Thiele, 1906, =Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) Middendorff, 1847, =Lepidopleuroides Thiele, 1928, =Lophyrochiton Yakovleva, 1952, =Lophyrus G. O. Sars, 1878
beui (O'Neill, 1987) photo
CALLOCHITONIDAE Plate, 1901
Callochiton Gray, 1847 (Chiton laevis Pennant, 1777)
crocinus (Reeve, 1847) =fossa Ashby, =versicolor A. Adams photo
empleurus (Hutton, 1872) =subeudoxa Iredale & Hull photo
kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926 =puniceus of authors not Gould photo
mortenseni Odhner, 1924
oligosulculatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
perscrutandus (Iredale & Hull, 1929) =perscrutanda Iredale & Hull
sulculatus Suter, 1907
Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 (Acanthopleura nobilis Gray, 1843)
nobilis (Gray, 1843) =huttoni Pilsbry, =imitator Iredale, =perplexus Iredale, =typica W. R. B. Oliver photo
LORICIDAE Iredale & Hull, 1923
Lorica H. & A. Adams, 1852 (Chiton cimolius Reeve, 1847)
haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921 photo
Loricella Pilsbry, 1893 (Lorica angasi H. Adams in H. Adams & Angas, 1864)
eernissei Sirenko, 2008
profundior (Dell, 1956) photo
CHITONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE Rafinesque, 1815
Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (C. tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758) =Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
glaucus Gray, 1828 =aquatilis Reeve, =limosa Suter, =limosa Nierstrasz, =quoyi Deshayes, =tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, =viridis Quoy & Gaimard photo
Rhyssoplax Thiele, 1893 (Chiton affinis Issel, 1869)
aerea (Reeve, 1847) =aereus Reeve, =alphonsinae Rochebrune, =clavatus Suter, =huttoni Suter, =oliveri Mestayer, =siculoides E. A. Smith, =suteri Iredale photo
canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) =canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, =insculptus A. Adams photo
exasperata Iredale, 1914 =exasperatus Iredale
stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893 (Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 =maugeanus Iredale & May, =septentriones Ashby photo
sinclairi (Gray, 1843) photo
themeropis (Iredale, 1914)
torri (Suter, 1907)
CHITONIDAE: TONICIINAE Pilsbry, 1893
Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Chiton undulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) =Nodiplax Beu, 1967, =Onitochiton Rochebrune, 1884 (Spelling variation)
neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 =astrolabei Rochebrune, =decipiens Rochebrune, =filholi Rochebrune, =marmoratus Wissel, =nodosus Suter, =semisculptus Pilsbry, =undulatus Quoy & Gaimard, =undulatus G. B. Sowerby I photo
oliveri (Iredale, 1914)
Mopalioidea Dall, 1889
MOPALIIDAE Dall, 1889
Placiphorella (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882) (Mopalia velata Dall, 1879)
Plaxiphora Gray, 1847 (Chiton carmichaelis W. Wood, 1828) =Aerilamma Hull, 1924, =Chiton (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847, =Guildingia Carpenter, 1882, =Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914, =Maorichiton Iredale, 1914, =Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932
aurata (Spalowsky, 1795) =aucklandica Suter, =campbelli Filhol
australis (Suter, 1907)
biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) =biramosus Quoy & Gaimard, =ciliata sensu Hutton, =complexa Hutton, =corticata Hutton
boydeni Murdoch, 1982 photo
caelata (Reeve, 1847) =lyallensis Mestayer, =schauinslandi Thiele photo
egregia (H. Adams, 1866) =ovatus Hutton, =tortuosus Pilsbry photo
murdochi Suter, 1905
obtecta Carpenter, 1893 =suteri Pilsbry photo
Acanthochitonina
Cryptoplacoidea H. & A. Adams, 1858
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE Pilsbry, 1893
Acanthochitona Gray, 1821 (Chiton fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767) =Chiton (Acanthochiton) Hermannsen, 1846
thileniusi (Thiele, 1909)
zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) =amplificatus Iredale & Hull, =brookesi Ashby, =doubtlessensis Ashby, =hookeri Gray, =zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard photo
Cryptoconchus Burrows, 1815 (Chiton porosus Burrows, 1815) =Acanthochites (Cryptoconchus) Burrows, 1815
porosus (Burow, 1815) =depressus Blainville, =leachi Blainville, =monticularis Quoy & Gaimard, =mucronatus Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, =stewartianus Rochebrune photo
Notoplax H. Adams, 1862 (Cryptoplax (N.) speciosa H. Adams, 1862) =Acanthochites (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862, =Acanthochiton (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862, =Cryptoplax (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862
aupouria Powell, 1937
facilis Iredale & Hull, 1931
latalamina Dell, 1956
mariae (Webster, 1908) =brookesi Ashby, =fortior Iredale & Hull, =haurakiensis Ashby, =stewartiana Thiele photo
rubiginosa (Hutton, 1872) =finlayi Ashby, =foveauxensis Mestayer, =foveauxensis Ashby, =kirki Mestayer, =oliveri Mestayer, =oliveri Ashby, =rubiginosus Hutton photo
violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) =dunedinensis Ashby, =papillio Ashby, =porphyreticus Reeve, =violaceus Quoy & Gaimard photo
websteri (Powell, 1937)
Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Tonicia cuneata Suter, 1908)
cuneata (Suter, 1908) photo
HEMIARTHRIDAE Sirenko, 1997
Hemiarthrum Carpenter, 1876 (H. setulosum Carpenter, 1876)
setulosum Carpenter, 1876 =castaneus A. A. Gould, =couthouyi Rochebrune, =hamiltonorum Iredale & Hull
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil