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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)
> pelliserpentis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Sypharochiton maugeanus Iredale & May, 1916
=Sypharochiton pelliserpentis septentriones Ashby, 1924
Images: Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Henderson Bay, Far North, on a shaded rock wall in the low intertidal zone. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> pelliserpentis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Sypharochiton maugeanus Iredale & May, 1916
=Sypharochiton pelliserpentis septentriones Ashby, 1924
Details: Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Size/Grows to:
Length 42mm, Width 26mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia and New Zealand. North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Above mid-tide level on and under stones
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.28)
  • Boyle, P.R. 1970 Aspects of the ecology of a littoral chiton, Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 4(4) (p.364)

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