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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> aerea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907
=Chiton huttoni Suter, 1906
=Chiton siculoides E.A. Smith, 1891
=Chiton suteri Iredale, 1910
=Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884
=Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921
Images: Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Holotype of Rhyssoplax oliveri, collected 13 Jan 1918, Wellington, Lyall Bay, NZ (M.001150). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> aerea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907
=Chiton huttoni Suter, 1906
=Chiton siculoides E.A. Smith, 1891
=Chiton suteri Iredale, 1910
=Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884
=Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921
Details: Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Length 40mm, Width 23mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, eastern and south-western North Island, South Island and Stewart Island, from 0-23m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype of Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, From low tide under stones in coastal situations
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References and Publications
  • O'Neill, M.H.B. 1989 The genus Rhyssoplax Thiele, in the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 16(1) (p.84)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.27)

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
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