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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)
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  • Family: Ischnochitonidae

  • Ischnochiton circumvallatus (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 21mm, Width 12mm
    Chiton, Marine
    South Island. Otago southwards. Stewart, Snares, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands
    FAn
  • Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909
    Length 7mm, Width 4mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North-eastern North Island, from Spirits Bay to East Cape, locally common living at 5-94 m attached to clean shells and rhodoliths
    AE.
  • Ischnochiton intermedius Hedley & Hull, 1912
    Chiton, Marine
    Kermadec Islands, intertidal to 10 metres under stones
    K
  • Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907
    Length 10mm, Width 5mm
    Chiton, Marine
    Fiordland to Otago, and off southern islands
    FAn
  • Ischnochiton maorianus Iredale, 1914
    Length 44mm, Width 20mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    North, South Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal under stones
    ACFME.
  • Stenosemus beui (O'Neill, 1987)
    Length 25mm
    Chiton, Marine, Endemic
    Off Kahurangi Shoals, northwest Kahurangi Point, Fiordland, Cook Strait, Chatham Rise, East Cape and Three Kings Rise
    ACFME.
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