Species List for Family: Chitonidae
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)
(=huttoni Suter, =clavata Suter, =suteri Iredale)
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 stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
Length 20mm, Width 12mm, Chiton, Marine, Endemic
North and South Island. At low tide and shallow water ACFE. - Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
Kermadec Islands. At shallow subtidal depths under stones KE. - 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
(=marmoratus Wissel, =chathamensis Dell, =opiniosus Iredale & Hull)
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
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