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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)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
=Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
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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)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
=Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
Details: Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
Size/Grows to:
Length 15mm
Distribution:
Northern NZ offshore islands, Three Kings, Poor Knights, Aldermen Islands
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Creese, R.G., O'Neill, M.H.B. 1987 Chiton aorangi n.sp., a brooding chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from northern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 14(1) (p.89)

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