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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)
> canaliculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton insculptus A. Adams, 1852
Images: Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Dredged in approx. 16 metres, off Bream Head, Northland, NZ. © Cookia, Journal of the Wellington Shell Club/Kerry Walton
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Rhyssoplax (Genus)
> canaliculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton insculptus A. Adams, 1852
Details: Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
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.82)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.28)

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