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Taxonomy
Family:
ABYSSOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Abyssochitonidae (Family)
> Ferreiraella (Genus)
> xylophaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
=Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Synonymised Names:
=Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Images: Ferreiraella xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992)
Holotype of Xylochiton xylophagus, collected 23 Nov 1981, NW of Orete Point, New Zealand. (M.100855). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ABYSSOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Lepidopleurida (Order)
> Abyssochitonidae (Family)
> Ferreiraella (Genus)
> xylophaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Abyssochiton Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989
=Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Synonymised Names:
=Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992
Details: Ferreiraella xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & Jones, 1992)
Distribution:
North Island, from 1055-1124m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Sirenko, B.I. 2001 Deep-sea chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from sunken wood off New Caledonia and Vanuatu. In: Bouchet, P., & Marshall, B.A. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.57)
  • Sirenko, B.I. 1997 Position in the system and the origin of deep-water chitons of the family Ferreiraellidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Ruthenica, 7 (p.81)
  • Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., Jones, A.M. 1992 Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 13 (p.38) Original Description

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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