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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)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton sinclairi Gray, 1843
Images: Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
Henderson Bay, Far North. 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)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton sinclairi Gray, 1843
Details: Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.2)
  • Nikula, R., Spencer, H.G., Waters, J.M. 2011 Evolutionary consequences of microhabitat: Population-genetic structuring in kelp- vs. rock-associated chitons, Molecular Ecology, 20 (p.4916)
  • Hazelwood, B.F. Sep/1992 The blue-ringed chiton - Chiton sinclairi, Poirieria, 16(4) (p.23)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.29)

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