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H2>A HREF="index.htm">New Zealand Shells/A>: Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda/H2>
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P>H3>U>Chitons (POLYPLACOPHORA)/U>/H3>
A HREF="http://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=6803&subview=table&taxon_id=47429&view=species">See more, including living specimens, at iNaturalistNZ/A>BR>
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ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/030A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Acanthochitona zelandica/B>BR>A.C.F.An.E. from 0-30m, grow to 35mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/030B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Acanthochitona zelandica (amplificatus form)/B>BR>A.C.F.An.E. from 0-30m, grow to 35mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/031B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/031B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Cryptoconchus porosus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 0-20m, grow to 84mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/031A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/031A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Cryptoconchus porosus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 0-20m, grow to 84mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/030T.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030T.jpg">/A>BR>B>Pseudotonicia cuneata/B>BR>A.C.E. from 0-10m, grow to 42mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/030O.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030O.jpg">/A>BR>B>Notoplax violacea/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. at low tide, grow to 60mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/030P.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030P.jpg">/A>BR>B>Notoplax mariae/B>BR>A.C.F.E. from 0-50m, grow to 40mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/030Q.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/030Q.jpg">/A>BR>B>Notoplax rubiginosa/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 10-100m, grow to 30mm/TD>
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MOPALIIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/026B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/026B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora caelata/B>BR>K.A.C.F.M.E. on mid to low tide rocks, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/026D.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/026D.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora caelata (schauinslandi form)/B>BR>K.A.C.F.M.E. on mid to low tide rocks, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/025A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/025A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora obtecta/B>BR>A.C.F.E. intertidal, grow to 90mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/026A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/026A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora biramosa/B>BR>A.C.F.M.An.E. on low tide rocks, grow to 60mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/027T.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027T.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora egregia/B>BR>C.F.E. under the holdfast of giant kelp, grow to 26mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/026E.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/026E.jpg">/A>BR>B>Plaxiphora boydeni/B>BR>C.F.M.An.E. on low tide rocks, grow to 15mm/TD>
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CHITONIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/027A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Rhyssoplax aerea/B>BR>A.C.F.An.E. from 0-5m, grow to 42mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/027B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Rhyssoplax aerea (huttoni form)/B>BR>A.C.F.An.E. from 0-5m, grow to 42mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/027Q.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027Q.jpg">/A>BR>B>Rhyssoplax stangeri/B>BR>A.C.F.E. from 0-40m, grow to 20mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/027P.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027P.jpg">/A>BR>B>Rhyssoplax canaliculata/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 5-100m, grow to 30mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/027M.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027M.jpg">/A>BR>B>Rhyssoplax sp./B>BR>Unknown/TD>
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TD>A HREF="Images/027E.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/027E.jpg">/A>BR>B>Chiton glaucus/B>BR>A.C.F.E. intertidal, grow to 55mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/028H.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/028H.jpg">/A>BR>B>Sypharochiton pelliserpentis/B>BR>A.C.F.M. above mid tide, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/028K.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/028K.jpg">/A>BR>B>Sypharochiton sinclairi/B>BR>A.C.F.E. at low tide, grow to 40mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/029B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/029B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Onithochiton neglectus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.An.E. from 0-50m on rocks, grow to 50mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/029A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/029A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Onithochiton neglectus (opiniosus form)/B>BR>A.C.F.M.An.E. under giant kelp holdfasts, grow to 32mm/TD>
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ISCHNOCHITONIDAE, LORICIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/022D.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/022D.jpg">/A>BR>B>Ischnochiton maorianus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. intertidal, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/022E.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/022E.jpg">/A>BR>B>Ischnochiton maorianus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. intertidal, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/022F.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/022F.jpg">/A>BR>B>Ischnochiton maorianus/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. intertidal, grow to 45mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/022A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/022A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Ischnochiton circumvallatus/B>BR>F.An. intertidal, grow to 22mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/024O.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/024O.jpg">/A>BR>B>Lorica haurakiensis/B>BR>A.C.F.E. from 0-50m, grow to 50mm/TD>
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LEPTOCHITONIDAE, CALLOCHITONIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/021A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/021A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Leptochiton inquinatus/B>BR>A.C.F.An.E. under intertidal stones, grow to 15mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/023C.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/023C.jpg">/A>BR>B>Callochiton crocinus/B>BR>A.C.F. under low tide stones, grow to 36mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/024D.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/024D.jpg">/A>BR>B>Eudoxochiton nobilis/B>BR>K.A.C.F.E. intertidal, grow to 115mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/024E.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/024E.jpg">/A>BR>B>Eudoxochiton nobilis (huttoni form)/B>BR>K.A.C.F.E. intertidal, grow to 115mm/TD>
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BR>H3>U>Tusk Shells (SCAPHOPODA)/U>/H3>BR>
DENTALIIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/353H.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/353H.jpg">/A>BR>B>Antalis nana/B>BR>A.C.F.E. from 10-700m, grow to 47mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/353L.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/353L.jpg">/A>BR>B>Fissidentalium zelandicum/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 50-1200m, grow to 105mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/353A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/353A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Antalis suteri/B>BR>C.F.M.E. from 30-500m, grow to 46mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/353P.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/353P.jpg">/A>BR>B>Antalis maestratii/B>BR>A. from 400-1100m, grow to 80mm/TD>
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GADILIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/354T.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/354T.jpg">/A>BR>B>Cadulus teliger/B>BR>A.C.F.M.An.E. from 15-360m, grow to 6mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/354C.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/354C.jpg">/A>BR>B>Siphonodentalium delicatulum/B>BR>A.C.F.M.E. from 40-700m, grow to 14mm/TD>
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BR>H3>U>Cephalopods (CEPHALOPODA)/U>/H3>BR>
ARGONAUTIDAE, NAUTILIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/444B.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/444B.jpg">/A>BR>B>Argonauta nodosus/B>BR>K.A.C.F.M. from 10-40m, grow to 249mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/444A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/444A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Argonauta nodosus (tuberculatus form)/B>BR>K.A. from 10-40m, grow to 150mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/444C.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/444C.jpg">/A>BR>B>Argonauta argo/B>BR>K.A.C. from 10-40m, grow to 202mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/444E.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/444E.jpg">/A>BR>B>Argonauta hians/B>BR>K.A. from 10-40m, grow to 60mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/439A.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/439A.jpg">/A>BR>B>Nautilus macromphalus/B>BR>K.A. drifted from New Caledonia, grow to 138mm/TD>
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SPIRULIDAE, SEPIIDAE
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TD>A HREF="Images/439O.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/439O.jpg">/A>BR>B>Spirula spirula/B>BR>K.A.C.F.M. wash up on beaches, grow to 25mm/TD>
TD>A HREF="Images/439S.jpg">IMG SRC="Small/439S.jpg">/A>BR>B>Sepia sp./B>BR>K.A.C.F.M.An. wash up on beaches, grow to 300mm/TD>
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