Sypharochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. Most species are endemic to the waters of New Zealand, except for Sypharochiton pelliserpentis which is found in both New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.
Sypharochiton | |
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Sypharochiton pelliserpentis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chitonidae |
Genus: | Sypharochiton Thiele, 1893 |
Type species | |
Chiton pelliserpentis | |
Species | |
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Species
edit- Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
- Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
- Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
- Sypharochiton themeropis Iredale, 1914
- Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
References
edit- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1