MolluscaBase taxon details
Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872)
724144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724144)
accepted
Species
Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Acanthochitona (Notoplax) rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Chiton rubiginosus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Craspedochiton rubiginosus (F. W. Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Lophoplax finlayi Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Tonicia rubiginosa F. W. Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tonicia rubiginosa F. W. Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). On the New Zealand Chitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 173-183.</em>
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724144 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Tonicia rubiginosa F. W. Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). On the New Zealand Chitonidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 173-183.</em>
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 585 [details]
original description (of Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 586 [details]
original description (of Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 586 [details]
original description (of Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Lophoplax finlayi Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 585 [details]
original description (of Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 586 [details]
original description (of Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926) Mestayer, M. K. (1926). New Zealand Mollusca: No. 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 583-587.</em>
page(s): 586 [details]
original description (of Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Lophoplax finlayi Ashby, 1926) Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) New Zealand, Southland, Foveaux Strait)
To Malacopics (Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) United States, Washington, Indian Island, SE of Port Townsend)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000274; Tonicia rubiginosa Hutton, 1872; holotype) (from synonym Chiton rubiginosus (F. W. Hutton, 1872))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001388; Acanthochiton foveauxensis kirki Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001389; Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001391; Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001584; Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001585; Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926)
To Malacopics (Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) United States, Washington, Indian Island, SE of Port Townsend)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000274; Tonicia rubiginosa Hutton, 1872; holotype) (from synonym Chiton rubiginosus (F. W. Hutton, 1872))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001388; Acanthochiton foveauxensis kirki Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Acanthochiton foveauxensis var. kirki Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001389; Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Macandrellus oliveri Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001391; Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Acanthochiton foveauxensis Mestayer, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001584; Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Notoplax (Amblyplax) foveauxensis Ashby, 1926)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001585; Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926; holotype) (from synonym Notoplax (Amblyplax) oliveri Ashby, 1926)
