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Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Eudoxochiton (Genus)
> nobilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthopleura nobilis Gray, 1843
=Eudoxochiton (Eudoxochiton) nobilis (Gray, 1843)
=Eudoxochiton huttoni Pilsbry, 1893
=Eudoxochiton imitator Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus imitator Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus var. typica W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Images: Eudoxochiton nobilis (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Henderson Bay, Far North, low intertidal in a tidal gut. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
On stones at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 45-50mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Eudoxochiton (Genus)
> nobilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthopleura nobilis Gray, 1843
=Eudoxochiton (Eudoxochiton) nobilis (Gray, 1843)
=Eudoxochiton huttoni Pilsbry, 1893
=Eudoxochiton imitator Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus imitator Iredale, 1914
=Eudoxochiton perplexus var. typica W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Details: Eudoxochiton nobilis (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 110mm, Width 58mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands. At low water on exposed coastal rocks
Geographical Range:
KACFE.
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hazelwood, B.F. Jul/2005 The Australasian Genus Eudoxochiton, Poirieria, 31 (p.14)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.210)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.24)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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