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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)
> stangeri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847
=Chiton stangeri Reeve, 1847
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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)
> stangeri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847
=Chiton stangeri Reeve, 1847
Details: Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. At low tide and shallow water
Geographical Range:
ACF
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.86)
  • 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