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Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> kapitiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=puniceus of authors not Gould
Images: Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
Holotype, collected Kapiti Island, NZ (M.000267). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> kapitiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=puniceus of authors not Gould
Details: Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, as far south as Campbell Plateau
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • O'Neill, M.H.B. 1984 Status of Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926 and Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 11(4) (p.345)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.24)

*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