Search
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> crocinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callochiton platessa var. fossa Ashby, 1922
=Chiton crocinus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton versicolor A. Adams, 1854
Images: Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
Collected Mar 1932, Pilot Bay, Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> crocinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callochiton platessa var. fossa Ashby, 1922
=Chiton crocinus Reeve, 1847
=Chiton versicolor A. Adams, 1854
Details: Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
Australia and New Zealand. North-eastern and southern North Island, and north-eastern and southern South Island, from 0-27m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Low tide under stones
View Distribution Map
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.23)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
Recently Viewed