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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> torri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907
=Chiton torri Suter, 1907
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHITONIDAE: CHITONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Chitonidae (Family)
> Chitoninae (Subfamily)
> Sypharochiton (Genus)
> torri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907
=Chiton torri Suter, 1907
Details: Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Length 10mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Bluff Harbour, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.29)

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