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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> obtecta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aerilamma Hull, 1924
=Chiton (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847
=Guildingia Carpenter, 1882
=Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
=Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
=Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932
Synonymised Names:
=Plaxiphora (Guildingia) obtecta Carpenter, 1893
=Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obtecta Carpenter, 1893 accepted, alternate representation
=Plaxiphora suteri Pilsbry, 1894
Images: Plaxiphora obtecta Carpenter, 1893
Low tide at Scott Point, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North
On low tidal rocks, Granity, north of Westport, Northern Westland, NZ. 50-60mm
Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> obtecta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aerilamma Hull, 1924
=Chiton (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847
=Guildingia Carpenter, 1882
=Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
=Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
=Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932
Synonymised Names:
=Plaxiphora (Guildingia) obtecta Carpenter, 1893
=Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obtecta Carpenter, 1893 accepted, alternate representation
=Plaxiphora suteri Pilsbry, 1894
Details: Plaxiphora obtecta Carpenter, 1893
Size/Grows to:
Length 87mm, Width 57mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands. On open exposed coasts
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.26)

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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