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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)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> aerea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907
=Chiton huttoni Suter, 1906
=Chiton siculoides E.A. Smith, 1891
=Chiton suteri Iredale, 1910
=Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884
=Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921
Images: Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Holotype of Rhyssoplax oliveri, collected 13 Jan 1918, Wellington, Lyall Bay, NZ (M.001150). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> aerea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907
=Chiton huttoni Suter, 1906
=Chiton siculoides E.A. Smith, 1891
=Chiton suteri Iredale, 1910
=Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884
=Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921
Details: Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Length 40mm, Width 23mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands. From low tide under stones in coastal situations
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • O'Neill, M.H.B. 1989 The genus Rhyssoplax Thiele, in the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 16(1) (p.84)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.27)

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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