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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)
> canaliculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton insculptus A. Adams, 1852
Images: Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Dredged in approx. 16 metres, off Bream Head, Northland, NZ. © Cookia, Journal of the Wellington Shell Club/Kerry Walton
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> canaliculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton insculptus A. Adams, 1852
Details: Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
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.82)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.28)

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