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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Placiphorella (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton coronatus Locard, 1898
=Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952
=Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica Verrill & S.I. Smith, 1882
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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Placiphorella (Genus)
> atlantica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton coronatus Locard, 1898
=Placiphorella uschakovi Yakovleva, 1952
=Placophora (Euplacophora) atlantica Verrill & S.I. Smith, 1882
Details: Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hazelwood, B.F., Boulton, F. Mar/2002 Placiphorella atlantica (Polyplacophora) discovered in N.Z. waters, Poirieria, 28(1) (p.13)
  • Clark, R.N. 1994 Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with descriptions of two new species, The Veliger, 37(3) (p.293)

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