WoRMS name details

Chiton empleurus F. W. Hutton, 1872

To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000279; Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872; lectotype)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000279; Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872; lectotype)

387070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387070)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Chitonina (Suborder)
  8. Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Chitonidae (Family)
  10. Chitoninae (Subfamily)
  11. Chiton (Genus)
  12. Chiton empleurus (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hutton, F. W. (1872). On the New Zealand Chitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 173-183.</em>
page(s): 178 [details] 
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chiton empleurus F. W. Hutton, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387070 on 2026-07-13
Date
action
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2009-03-23 14:09:41Z
created
Schwabe, Enrico
2023-09-16 02:30:07Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Hutton, F. W. (1872). On the New Zealand Chitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 173-183.</em>
page(s): 178 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000279; Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872; lectotype) 
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