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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)
> exasperata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
=Chiton exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
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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)
> exasperata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
=Chiton exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
Details: Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, At shallow subtidal depths under stones
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.211)

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