Global InformationIschnochiton maorianus information
| Ischnochiton maorianus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Ischnochitonidae |
| Genus: | Ischnochiton |
| Species: | I. maorianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ischnochiton maorianus Iredale, 1914
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| Synonyms | |
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Chiton longicymba Quoy and Gaimard, 1835 | |
Ischnochiton maorianus, sometimes called the variable chiton, is a fast moving species of chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae, endemic to the main islands of New Zealand where it is abundant.