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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Placiphorella (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton coronatus Locard, 1898
=Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952
=Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica Verrill & S.I. Smith, 1882
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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Placiphorella (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton coronatus Locard, 1898
=Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952
=Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica Verrill & S.I. Smith, 1882
Details: Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hazelwood, B.F., Boulton, F. Mar/2002 Placiphorella atlantica (Polyplacophora) discovered in N.Z. waters, Poirieria, 28(1) (p.13)
  • Clark, R.N. 1994 Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species, The Veliger, 37(3) (p.293)

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