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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> boydeni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aerilamma Hull, 1924
=Chiton (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847
=Guildingia Carpenter, 1882
=Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
=Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
=Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932
Synonymised Names:
=Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) boydeni Murdoch, 1982 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
Holotype, collected 13 Oct 1977, Otago Peninsula, N end of Pipikaretu Beach, NZ (M.069349). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> boydeni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aerilamma Hull, 1924
=Chiton (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847
=Guildingia Carpenter, 1882
=Diaphoroplax Iredale, 1914
=Maorichiton Iredale, 1914
=Vaferichiton Iredale & Hull, 1932
Synonymised Names:
=Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) boydeni Murdoch, 1982 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Plaxiphora boydeni Murdoch, 1982
Size/Grows to:
Length 12mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Pipikaretu Beach, Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Murdoch, R.C. 1982 A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 16 (p.175)

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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