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Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Mopalioidea (Superfamily) > Mopaliidae (Family)
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  • Family: Mopaliidae

  • Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
    Length 36mm
    Chiton, Marine
    An
  • Plaxiphora aurata (Spalowsky, 1795)
    Length 75mm, Width 45mm
    Chiton, Marine
    Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands, and also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
    MAn
  • Plaxiphora australis (Suter, 1907)
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Snares Islands
    AnE.
  • Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 60mm, Width 40mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Snares and Chatham Islands
    ACFMAnE.
  • Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
    Length 12mm, Width 10mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Otago Peninsula, low tide, Banks Peninsula, Stewart Island and Snares Islands
    CFMAnE.
  • Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 47mm, Width 23mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North and South Island, and Kermadec Islands
    KACFME.
  • Plaxiphora egregia (H.Adams, 1866)
    Length 26mm, Width 18mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Cook Strait to Stewart Island. Under giant kelp holdfasts
    CFE.
  • Plaxiphora murdochi Suter, 1905
    Length 20mm, Width 13mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    West coast of North Island, and South Island, Otago Peninsula. Under smooth stones at very low water
    KACFE.
  • Plaxiphora obtecta Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
    Length 87mm, Width 57mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North and South Islands. On open exposed coasts
    ACFE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil