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Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Acanthochitona (Genus)
> thileniusi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Acanthochiton) Hermannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthochites thileniusi Thiele, 1909
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Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Acanthochitona (Genus)
> thileniusi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chiton (Acanthochiton) Hermannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Acanthochites thileniusi Thiele, 1909
Details: Acanthochitona thileniusi (Thiele, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Off Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, 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.30)

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