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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)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
=Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
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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)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
=Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
Details: Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
Size/Grows to:
Length 15mm
Distribution:
Poor Knights Islands, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Bartle's Bay, Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Creese, R.G., O'Neill, M.H.B. 1987 Chiton aorangi n.sp., a brooding chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from northern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 14(1) (p.89)

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