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Taxonomy
Family:
LORICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Loricidae (Family)
> Lorica (Genus)
> haurakiensis (Species)
Images: Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
Holotype, collected off Kawau Island, NZ (M.001121). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LORICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Loricidae (Family)
> Lorica (Genus)
> haurakiensis (Species)
Details: Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
Size/Grows to:
Length 52mm, Width 34mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western North Island and South Island, from 0-120m
Type Data:
  • Off Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Hazelwood, B.F. Nov/1993 Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921, Poirieria, 16(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.24)
  • Beu, A.G. 1967 Notes on New Zealand Chitons (Mollusca: Amphineura), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1(4) (p.477)

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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