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| Superfamily: | Mopalioidea |
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| Genus: | Maorichiton Iredale, 1914 |
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Maorichiton is a defunct genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.[1]
Species
Species within this genus included:
- Maorichiton caelatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Maorichiton schauinslandi (Thiele, 1909)
These two species are now recognized as a single species Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)[2]
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
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