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Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> empleurus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872
=Icoplax subeudoxa Iredale & Hull, 1930
Images: Callochiton empleurus (Hutton, 1872)
Lectotype, collected no other data, NZ (M.000279). ~22mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> empleurus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872
=Icoplax subeudoxa Iredale & Hull, 1930
Details: Callochiton empleurus (Hutton, 1872)
Size/Grows to:
Length 22mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western South Island and Foveaux Strait
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
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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
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