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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: TONICIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Toniciinae (Subfamily)
> Onithochiton (Genus)
> neglectus subantarcticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nodiplax Beu, 1967
=Onitochiton Rochebrune, 1884 (Spelling variation)
Synonymised Names:
=Onithochiton undulatus var. subantarcticus Suter, 1907
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: TONICIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Toniciinae (Subfamily)
> Onithochiton (Genus)
> neglectus subantarcticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nodiplax Beu, 1967
=Onitochiton Rochebrune, 1884 (Spelling variation)
Synonymised Names:
=Onithochiton undulatus var. subantarcticus Suter, 1907
Details: Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus Suter, 1907
Size/Grows to:
Length 30mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • O'Neill, M.H.B. 1985 A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 12(1) (p.151)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.29)

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