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Taxonomy
Family:
HEMIARTHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Hemiarthridae (Family)
> Hemiarthrum (Genus)
> setulosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthochiton couthouyi Rochebrune, 1889
=Chiton castaneus Gould, 1852
=Hemiarthrum hamiltonorum Iredale & Hull, 1932
Images: Hemiarthrum setulosum Carpenter, 1876
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Taxonomy
Family:
HEMIARTHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Hemiarthridae (Family)
> Hemiarthrum (Genus)
> setulosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthochiton couthouyi Rochebrune, 1889
=Chiton castaneus Gould, 1852
=Hemiarthrum hamiltonorum Iredale & Hull, 1932
Details: Hemiarthrum setulosum Carpenter, 1876
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island. Also Kerguelen Island, circum-Antarctic
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Chiton, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.22)

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