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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Parachiton (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909
Synonymised Names:
=Leptochiton (Parachiton) mestayerae (Iredale, 1914)
=Leptochiton mestayerae (Iredale, 1914)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Parachiton (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) Thiele, 1909
Synonymised Names:
=Leptochiton (Parachiton) mestayerae (Iredale, 1914)
=Leptochiton mestayerae (Iredale, 1914)
Details: Parachiton mestayerae Iredale, 1914
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 0m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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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.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