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Taxonomy
Family:
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Ischnochitonidae (Family)
> Ischnochiton (Genus)
> granulifer (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) granulifer Thiele, 1909 accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Family:
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Ischnochitonidae (Family)
> Ischnochiton (Genus)
> granulifer (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) granulifer Thiele, 1909 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909
Size/Grows to:
Length 7mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from Spirits Bay to East Cape, locally common living at 5-94 m attached to clean shells and rhodoliths
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Anseeuw, B., Marshall, B.A., Terryn, Y. 2009 The New Zealand chitons Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907 and Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.151)

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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