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Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> crocinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callochiton platessa var. fossa Ashby, 1922
=Chiton crocinus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton versicolor A. Adams, 1854
Images: Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
Collected Mar 1932, Pilot Bay, Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> crocinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callochiton platessa var. fossa Ashby, 1922
=Chiton crocinus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton versicolor A. Adams, 1854
Details: Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. Also Western Australia to S Queensland and Tasmania
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Low tide under stones
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.23)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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