Species List for Family: Leptochitonidae
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- Leptochiton finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
Length 8.5mm, Width 4.0mm
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
South and Stewart Island. Otago Heads. Also recorded from off East Cape
ACF - Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
Length 14mm, Width 7mm
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island. Intertidal under stones
ACFAn
- Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886
Length 8mm, Width 4mm
Chiton, Marine
Macquarie Island. On intertidal rocks
An - Leptochiton otagoensis (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
Length 7mm, Width 3.5mm
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
South Island. Otago. Under stones just below high water mark
F - Leptochiton subantarcticus (Iredale & Hull, 1930)
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Off east Otago Heads, edge of Papanui Canyon, 600 metres, Auckland Islands, 175 metres
FMAn - Parachiton mestayerae Iredale, 1914
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Kermadec Islands. Intertidal to 45 metres under stones
K - Parachiton textilis Powell, 1937
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands and off East Cape
A - Terenochiton norfolcensis (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
Chiton, Marine
Kermadec Islands. Intertidal to shallow subtidal under stones
K
Key to 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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