Sypharochiton

Taxobox
name = "Sypharochiton"
status =


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regnum = Animalia
subregnum = Metazoa
branch = Bilateria
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Chitonida
subordo = Chitonina
superfamilia = Chitonoidea
familia = Chitonidae
genus = "Sypharochiton"
genus_authority = Thiele, 1893
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Sypharochiton" is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia and New Zealand including Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Chatham Islands.

Species in this genus are moderately large, robust, strongly sculptured, with the girdle loosely packed with large striated calcareous scales. The head valve has 10 to 13 slits, the median valves one on each side, and the tail valve 12 to 14 slits.

pecies

* "Sypharochiton pelliserpentis" (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
* "Sypharochiton aorangi" (Creese & O'Neill,1987)
* "Sypharochiton sinclairi" (Gray, 1843)
* "Sypharochiton torri" (Suter, 1907)

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References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1