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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)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton sinclairi Gray, 1843
Images: Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
Henderson Bay, Far North. 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)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton sinclairi Gray, 1843
Details: Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.2)
  • Nikula, R., Spencer, H.G., Waters, J.M. 2011 Evolutionary consequences of microhabitat: Population-genetic structuring in kelp- vs. rock-associated chitons, Molecular Ecology, 20 (p.4916)
  • Hazelwood, B.F. Sep/1992 The blue-ringed chiton - Chiton sinclairi, Poirieria, 16(4) (p.23)
  • 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