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Taxonomy
Family:
ABYSSOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Abyssochitonidae (Family)
> Ferreiraella (Genus)
> xylophaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
=Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Synonymised Names:
=Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Images: Ferreiraella xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992)
Holotype of Xylochiton xylophagus, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, New Zealand. (M.100855). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ABYSSOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Abyssochitonidae (Family)
> Ferreiraella (Genus)
> xylophaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
=Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Synonymised Names:
=Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Details: Ferreiraella xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992)
Distribution:
Off North Island and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Sirenko, B.I. 2001 Deep-sea chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from sunken wood off New Caledonia and Vanuatu. In: Bouchet, P., & Marshall, B.A. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.57)
  • Sirenko, B.I. 1997 Position in the system and the origin of deep-water chitons of the family Ferreiraellidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Ruthenica, 7 (p.81)
  • Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., Jones, A.M. 1992 Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 13 (p.38) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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