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Taxonomy
Family:
LORICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Loricidae (Family)
> Loricella (Genus)
> profundior (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paricoplax profundior Dell, 1956
Images: Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Paricoplax profundior, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009727). © 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)
> Loricella (Genus)
> profundior (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paricoplax profundior Dell, 1956
Details: Loricella profundior (Dell, 1956)
Distribution:
Tonga and New Zealand. Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Islands, Chatham Rise and south-western South Island, from 238-805m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype of Paricoplax profundior Dell, 1956)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Sirenko, B.I. 2008 Bathyal chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from off New Caledonia and Vanuatu: families Callochitonidae, Ischnochitonidae and Loricidae. In Héros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.58)
  • Kaas, P. 1991 Mollusca Polyplacophora: Deep-water chitons from New Caledonia. Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 7, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 150 (p.22)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.25)

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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