Biology:Maorichiton caelatus

Maorichiton caelatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Neoloricata
Suborder:	Acanthochitonina
Family:	Mopaliidae
Genus:	Maorichiton
Species:	M. australis
Binomial name
	Maorichiton caelatus; (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms
	Chiton caelatus Reeve, 1847; Tonica zigzag Hutton, 1872; Chiton terminalis Smith, 1847; Plaxiphora caelatus Suter, 1913; Plaxiphora lyallensis Mestayer, 1921

Short description: Species of mollusc

Maorichiton caelatus is a species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

Distribution

New Zealand

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

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