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Taxonomy
Family:
CALLOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Callochitonidae (Family)
> Callochiton (Genus)
> kapitiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=puniceus of authors not Gould
Images: Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
Holotype, collected Kapiti Island, NZ (M.000267). © 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)
> kapitiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=puniceus of authors not Gould
Details: Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, Ranfurly Bank, south-western North Island, south-eastern South Island and Campbell Plateau, from 46-520m
Type Data:
  • Kapiti Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • O'Neill, M.H.B. 1984 Status of Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926 and Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 11(4) (p.345)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.24)

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