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Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Lepidopleurida (Order) > Leptochitonidae (Family) > Leptochiton (Genus)
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  • Genus: Leptochiton

  • Leptochiton beui Sirenko, 2020
    Chiton, Marine
    In deep water, off South Island, NZ
    CF
  • Leptochiton deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn, 2002
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Off east Otago Heads, edge of Papanui Canyon, 600 metres
    FE.
  • Leptochiton finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
    Length 8.5mm, Width 4.0mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    South and Stewart Island. Otago Heads. Also recorded from off East Cape
    ACFE.
  • Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 14mm, Width 7mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North Island. Intertidal under stones
    ACFAnE.
  • Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
    Length 8mm, Width 4mm
    Chiton, Marine
    Macquarie Island. On intertidal rocks
    An
  • Leptochiton marshalli Sirenko, 2020
    Chiton, Marine
    Off Three Kings Islands
    A
  • Leptochiton opiparus (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
    Chiton, Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Leptochiton otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
    Length 7mm, Width 3.5mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    South Island. Otago. Under stones just below high water mark
    FE.
  • Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Auckland Islands, 175 metres
    FMAnE.
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