Some descriptions, size and ranges have been taken from the following references:
Kaas & Van Belle's Monograph of Living Chitons, 5 volumes, E.J. Brill, Netherlands, 1985-1994
Pilsbry, Henry A. Manual of Conchology, Polyplacphora, Volumes XIV & XV, Natural Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, 1892/1893
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Leptochiton inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
LEPTOCHITONIDAE
Range: New Zealand
Eudoxochiton nobilis (Gray, 1843)
Ischnochiton (Heterozona) cariosus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892
Ischnochiton maorianus Iredale, 1914
Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)
Plaxiphora (Fremblya) egregia (H.Adams, 1866)
Plaxiphora obtecta Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847
Chiton torri Suter, 1907
Onithochiton neglectus (deRochebrune, 1881)
Cryptoconchus porosus (deBlainville in Burrow, 1815)
Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Craspidochiton rubiginosus (Swainson in Hutton, 1872)
Notoplax cuneata (Suter, 1908)
Notoplax facilis Iredale & Hull, 1931
Notoplax violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)