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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)
> pelliserpentis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Sypharochiton maugeanus Iredale & May, 1916
=Sypharochiton pelliserpentis septentriones Ashby, 1924
Images: Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Henderson Bay, Far North, on a shaded rock wall in the low intertidal zone. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> pelliserpentis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Sypharochiton maugeanus Iredale & May, 1916
=Sypharochiton pelliserpentis septentriones Ashby, 1924
Details: Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Size/Grows to:
Length 42mm, Width 26mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Above mid-tide level on and under stones
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.28)
  • Boyle, P.R. 1970 Aspects of the ecology of a littoral chiton, Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 4(4) (p.364)

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