MolluscaBase taxon details
Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
724148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724148)
accepted
Species
Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987) Creese, R.G. & O'Neill, M.B.H. (1987). Chiton aorangi n.sp., a brooding chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from northern New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 14: 89–93.
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724148 on 2025-09-11
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(of Chiton aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987) Creese, R.G. & O'Neill, M.B.H. (1987). Chiton aorangi n.sp., a brooding chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from northern New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 14: 89–93.
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
