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Taxonomy
Family:
MOPALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Mopalioidea (Superfamily)
> Mopaliidae (Family)
> Plaxiphora (Genus)
> egregia (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:
=Acanthochaetes ovatus Hutton, 1872
=Frembleya egregia H. Adams, 1867
=Plaxiphora (Frembleya) egregia (H. Adams, 1867) accepted, alternate representation
=Streptochiton tortuosus Pilsbry, 1893
Images: Plaxiphora egregia (H. Adams, 1866)
Collected no other data, NZ (M.000277). © 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)
> egregia (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:
=Acanthochaetes ovatus Hutton, 1872
=Frembleya egregia H. Adams, 1867
=Plaxiphora (Frembleya) egregia (H. Adams, 1867) accepted, alternate representation
=Streptochiton tortuosus Pilsbry, 1893
Details: Plaxiphora egregia (H. Adams, 1866)
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island, eastern South Island and Stewart Island, from 0-18m
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Immediate sublittoral, under giant kelp holdfasts
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.27)

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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