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Taxonomy
Family:
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Ischnochitonidae (Family)
> Ischnochiton (Genus)
> luteoroseus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) luteoroseus Suter, 1907 accepted, alternate representation
=Ischnochiton mawsoni Cotton, 1937
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Taxonomy
Family:
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Polyplacophora (Class)
> Neoloricata (Subclass)
> Chitonida (Order)
> Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
> Ischnochitonidae (Family)
> Ischnochiton (Genus)
> luteoroseus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Van Belle, 1974
Synonymised Names:
=Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) luteoroseus Suter, 1907 accepted, alternate representation
=Ischnochiton mawsoni Cotton, 1937
Details: Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907
Size/Grows to:
Length 10mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island and New Zealand. Southern South Island, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 9-160m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Anseeuw, B., Marshall, B.A., Terryn, Y. 2009 The New Zealand chitons Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907 and Ischnochiton granulifer Thiele, 1909 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.147)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.23)

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