Species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae, native to New Zealand
Notoplax rubiginosa
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Specimen of preserved N. rubiginosa, labelled using a synonymous name
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Polyplacophora
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Order:
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Chitonida
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Family:
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Acanthochitonidae
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Genus:
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Notoplax
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Species:
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N. rubiginosa
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Binomial name
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Notoplax rubiginosa
(Hutton, 1872)
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Synonyms[1]
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- Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926
- Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926
- Chiton rubiginosus Hutton, 1872
- Craspedochiton rubiginosus (Hutton, 1872)
- Lophoplax finlayi Ashby, 1926
- Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926
- Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926
- Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926
- Tonicia rubiginosa Hutton, 1872
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Notoplax rubiginosa is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae, native to New Zealand. The species grows to 18 millimetres (0.71 in) long and 10 millimetres (0.39 in) wide.[1] N. rubiginosa is known as the most common chiton from the Plio-Pleistocene in fossil records of New Zealand.[2]
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