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

  • Family: Ischnochitonidae

  • Ischnochiton circumvallatus (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 21mm, Width 12mm
    Chiton, Marine
    South-eastern South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, from 0-10m
  • Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909
    Length 7mm, Width 4mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Locally common living at 5-94 m attached to clean shells and rhodoliths
    North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 5-89m
  • Ischnochiton intermedius Hedley & Hull, 1912
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal, under stones
    Norfolk Island and Kermadec Islands, from 0m
  • Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907
    Length 10mm, Width 5mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Macquarie Island and New Zealand. Southern South Island, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 9-160m
  • Ischnochiton maorianus Iredale, 1914
    Length 44mm, Width 20mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal under stones
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-37m
  • Stenosemus beui (O'Neill, 1987)
    Length 25mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, Cook Strait, north-western and south-western South Island and Chatham Rise, from 53-805m
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