Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828Species Images
Under stones at low tide
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Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chitonidae (Family) > Chitoninae (Subfamily) > Chiton (Genus) > glaucus (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Size/Grows to:
Length 55mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Intertidal. Introduced to Tasmania and now established there
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.27)
- Beu, A.G. 1977 New Zealand chitons, Cookia, 2(2) (p.45)
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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