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Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Pseudotonicia (Genus)
> cuneata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notoplax cuneata (Suter, 1907)
=Tonicia cuneata Suter, 1908
Images: Pseudotonicia cuneata (Suter, 1908)
Mt. Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. © Matthew Jones
Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Pseudotonicia (Genus)
> cuneata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Notoplax cuneata (Suter, 1907)
=Tonicia cuneata Suter, 1908
Details: Pseudotonicia cuneata (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Length 45mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
North and northern part of South Island. Low tide to about 7 metres
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
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.30)
  • Beu, A.G. 1967 Notes on New Zealand Chitons (Mollusca: Amphineura), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1(4) (p.479)

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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