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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, 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. © rights reserved
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, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 110mm, Width 58mm
Distribution:
Kermadec, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, from 0-18m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, At low water on exposed coastal rocks
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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)

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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