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Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Cryptoconchus (Genus)
> porosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acanthochites (Cryptoconchus) Burrows, 1815
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
=Chiton monticularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton porosus Burrows, 1815
=Cryptoconchus mucronatus Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971
=Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
=Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Images: Cryptoconchus porosus (Burow, 1815)
Under rocks at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 60mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
> Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
> Acanthochitonidae (Family)
> Cryptoconchus (Genus)
> porosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acanthochites (Cryptoconchus) Burrows, 1815
Synonymised Names:
=Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
=Chiton monticularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Chiton porosus Burrows, 1815
=Cryptoconchus mucronatus Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971
=Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
=Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Details: Cryptoconchus porosus (Burow, 1815)
Size/Grows to:
Length 75mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-183m
Notes:
Chiton, Butterfly Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.32)

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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