African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6226)

AphiaID

367630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367630)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Chiton zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

Synonymised names

Acanthochaetes hookeri J. E. Gray, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Acanthochiton zelandicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Acanthochiton zelandicus amplificatus Iredale & Hull, 1930 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Acanthochiton zelandicus doubtlessensis Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Chiton zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Chiton zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 400 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367630 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-09-24 08:06:48Z

created

Decock, Wim

2009-03-23 08:24:45Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-24 01:46:25Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Chiton zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 400 [details]

original description (of Acanthochiton zelandicus doubtlessensis Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 12 [details]

original description (of Acanthochaetes hookeri J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 262 [details]

original description (of Acanthochiton zelandicus amplificatus Iredale & Hull, 1930) Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. (1930). The loricates of the Neozelanic region [3]. The Australian Zoologist. 6: 157-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710712
page(s): 164 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]