Maorichiton is a defunct genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Species Species within this genus included: Maorichiton caelatus (Reeve, 1847) Maorichiton schauinslandi (Thiele, 1909) These two species are now recognized as a single species Plaxiphora caelata (Reeve, 1847)Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010
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