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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Terenochiton (Genus)
> norfolcensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914 (original rank)
Synonymised Names:
=Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) subtropicalis Iredale, 1914
=Lepidopleurus catenatus Hedley & Hull, 1912
=Lepidopleurus norfolcensis Hedley & Hull, 1912
=Leptochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
=Leptochiton norfolcensis subtropicalis (Iredale, 1914)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Terenochiton (Genus)
> norfolcensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) Iredale, 1914 (original rank)
Synonymised Names:
=Lepidopleurus (Terenochiton) subtropicalis Iredale, 1914
=Lepidopleurus catenatus Hedley & Hull, 1912
=Lepidopleurus norfolcensis Hedley & Hull, 1912
=Leptochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
=Leptochiton norfolcensis subtropicalis (Iredale, 1914)
Details: Terenochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands. Intertidal to shallow subtidal under stones
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
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.210)

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