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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Chiton (Genus)
> glaucus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
Synonymised Names:
=Amaurochiton glaucus (Gray, 1828)
=Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828 accepted, alternate representation
=Chiton aquatilis Reeve, 1847
=Chiton quoyi Deshayes, 1836
=Chiton quoyi limosa Suter, 1905
=Chiton quoyi var. limosa Nierstrasz, 1905
=Chiton tenuistriatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1840
=Chiton viridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Images: Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Under stones at low tide
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Chiton (Genus)
> glaucus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amaurochiton Thiele, 1893
Synonymised Names:
=Amaurochiton glaucus (Gray, 1828)
=Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828 accepted, alternate representation
=Chiton aquatilis Reeve, 1847
=Chiton quoyi Deshayes, 1836
=Chiton quoyi limosa Suter, 1905
=Chiton quoyi var. limosa Nierstrasz, 1905
=Chiton tenuistriatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1840
=Chiton viridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Details: Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Size/Grows to:
Length 55mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Intertidal. Introduced to Tasmania and now established there
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.27)
  • Beu, A.G. 1977 New Zealand chitons, Cookia, 2(2) (p.45)

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
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