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Species List for Family: Chitonidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chitonidae (Family)
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  • Family: Chitonidae

  • Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
    Length 55mm, Width 35mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island. Intertidal. Introduced to Tasmania and now established there
    ACFE.
  • Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 40mm, Width 23mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands. From low tide under stones in coastal situations
    ACFAnE.
  • Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 26mm, Width 15mm
    Chiton, Marine
    North, South and Stewart Island
    ACFM
  • Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands. At shallow subtidal depths under stones
    KE.
  • Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 20mm, Width 12mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North and South Island. At low tide and shallow water
    ACFE.
  • Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
    Length 15mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Northern NZ offshore islands, Three Kings, Poor Knights, Aldermen Islands
    AE.
  • Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
    Length 42mm, Width 26mm
    Chiton, Marine
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Above mid-tide level on and under stones
    ACFM
  • Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Sypharochiton themeropis (Iredale, 1914)
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands. Intertidal and immediate subtidal in rock crevices
    KE.
  • Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
    Length 10mm, Width 6mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    South Island. Bluff and Stewart Island
    FE.
  • Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
    Length 47mm, Width 28mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Low tide on underside of boulders
    ACFMAnE.
  • Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus Suter, 1907
    Length 30mm, Width 15mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
    AnE.
  • Onithochiton oliveri (Iredale, 1914)
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands. Intertidal in rock crevices
    KE.
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