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Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Cryptoconchus (Genus)
> porosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acanthochites (Cryptoconchus) Burrows, 1815
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
=Chiton monticularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton porosus Blainville MS, Burrow, 1815
=Cryptoconchus mucronatus Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971
=Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
=Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Images: Cryptoconchus porosus (Burow, 1815)
Under rocks at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 60mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Cryptoconchus (Genus)
> porosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acanthochites (Cryptoconchus) Burrows, 1815
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
=Chiton monticularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton porosus Blainville MS, Burrow, 1815
=Cryptoconchus mucronatus Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971
=Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
=Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Details: Cryptoconchus porosus (Burow, 1815)
Size/Grows to:
Length 75mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Chiton, Butterfly Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.32)

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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
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