Maorichiton

Maorichiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Polyplacophora
Subclass:
Neoloricata
Order:
Chitonida
Superfamily:
Mopalioidea
Family:
Mopaliidae
Genus:
Maorichiton

Iredale, 1914
Species

See text.

Maorichiton is a defunct genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.[1]

Species

Species within this genus included:

These two species are now recognized as a single species Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)[2]

References

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5