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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> boydeni (Species)
Images: Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
Holotype, collected 13 Oct 1977, Otago Peninsula, N end of Pipikaretu Beach, NZ (M.069349). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> boydeni (Species)
Details: Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
Size/Grows to:
Length 12mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Otago Peninsula, low tide, Banks Peninsula, Stewart Island and Snares Islands
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Murdoch, R.C. 1982 A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 16 (p.175)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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