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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.

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

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