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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Leptochiton (Genus)
> subantarcticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878
=Terenochiton Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn, 2002
=Leptochiton deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn, 2002
=Parachiton subantarcticus Iredale & Hull, 1930
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Leptochitonidae (Family)
> Leptochiton (Genus)
> subantarcticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) Gray, 1847
=Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878
=Terenochiton Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Leptochiton (Leptochiton) deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn, 2002
=Leptochiton deecresswellae Anseeuw & Terryn, 2002
=Parachiton subantarcticus Iredale & Hull, 1930
Details: Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
Distribution:
Off east Otago Heads, edge of Papanui Canyon, 600 metres, Auckland Islands, 175 metres
Geographical Range:
FMAn
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kaas, P., Van Belle, R.A. Aug/2002 Leptochiton subantarcticus from Papanui Canyon, Otago Heads (from Monograph of Living Chitons, Vol. 5), Poirieria, 28(2) (p.35)
  • Anseeuw, B., Terryn, Y. 2002 Leptochiton (Leptochiton) deecresswellae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), a new deep-sea chiton from New Zealand, Gloria Maris, 41(4-5) (p.77)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.22)

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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