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Chitons of New Zealand

Chitons in NZ and its EEZ, based on www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/poly.html.

See www.ucd.ie/cobid/chitons/glossary.html for diagrams. ...more ↓

Sypharochiton aorangi 1
Snakeskin Chiton 2
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Sypharochiton torri 3
Chiton sinclairi 4
Blue Green Chiton 5
Chiton glaucus
Chiton themeropis 6
Noble Chiton 7
Eudoxochiton nobilis
Butterfly Chiton 8
Cryptoconchus porosus
Acanthochitona thileniusi
Hairy Chiton 5
Acanthochitona zelandica
Tree-ring or Etched Chiton 9
Onithochiton neglectus
Onithochiton oliveri 6
Lepidozona beui 6
Parachiton mestayerae 6
Loricella profundior
Lorica haurakiensis 10
Plaxiphora aurata 11
Plaxiphora australis
Plaxiphora biramosa 12
Plaxiphora boydeni 13
Plaxiphora caelata 4
Giant Chiton 14
Plaxiphora obtecta
Plaxiphora murdochi
veiled chiton 6
Placiphorella velata
Plaxiphora (frembleya) egregia 13
Parachiton textilis
Ischnochiton circumvallatus 13
Ischnochiton contractus 6
Ischnochiton granulifer
Ischnochiton intermedius 6
Ischnochiton luteoroseus
Variable Chiton 15
Ischnochiton maorianus
Callochiton sulculatus 6
Callochiton perscrutandus 6
Callochiton oligosulculatus 6
Callochiton mortenseni
Callochiton empleurus
Callochiton kapitiensis
Callochiton crocinus 16
Leptochiton subantarcticus
Leptochiton norfolcensis 6
Leptochiton otagoensis
Leptochiton finlayi
Leptochiton inquinatus 17
Leptochiton deecresswellae 6
Ferreiraella xylophaga 6
Notoplax aupouria
Notoplax facilis
Notoplax latalamina
Notoplax mariae 13
Notoplax rubiginosa 13
Violet Chiton 17
Notoplax violacea
Notoplax websteri
Rhyssoplax aerea 13
Rhyssoplax canaliculata 18
Rhyssoplax exasperata 6
Rhyssoplax stangeri 5
Pseudotonicia cuneata 13

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