Species List for Genus: Callochiton
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- Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
Length 36mm, Width 21mm
Chiton, Marine, Low tide under stones
North and South Island. Also Western Australia to S Queensland and Tasmania
ACF
- Callochiton empleurus (Hutton, 1872)
Length 22mm, Width 9mm
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
Fiordland, Stewart, Auckland and Campbell Islands
FAnE.
- Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
Length 9mm, Width 5mm
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
North and South Island, as far south as Campbell Plateau
ACFAnE.
- Callochiton mortenseni Odhner, 1924
Length 26mm, Width 16mm
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
Campbell Island
AnE.
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
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