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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Leptochiton (Genus)
> kerguelensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878
=Terenochiton Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Lepidopleurus kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
=Leptochiton papenstecheri Pfeffer, 1886
=Terenochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Leptochiton (Genus)
> kerguelensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878
=Terenochiton Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Lepidopleurus kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
=Leptochiton papenstecheri Pfeffer, 1886
=Terenochiton kerguelensis (Haddon, 1886)
Details: Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
Size/Grows to:
Length 8mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island. On intertidal rocks
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kaas, P., Van Belle, R.A. 1985 Monograph of Living Chitons 1, Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina (p.78)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.21)

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