Callochiton empleurus

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Callochiton empleurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Ischnochitonina
Family: Callochitonidae
Genus: Callochiton
Species: C. empleurus
Binomial name
Callochiton empleurus
(Hutton, 1872)
Synonyms

Chiton empleurus Hutton, 1872

Callochiton empleurus is a species of chiton in the family Callochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Stewart, Auckland, and Campbell islands.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton is found at depths of between 10 and 30 m.

[edit] Description

The shell is small, elongate-ovate, with the lateral areas sharply raised, and the sunken central area bearing deep longitudinal pits, nine to ten on each side. The girdle is packed with exceedingly fine elongated scales.

Coloration is variable, with pale streaks down the dorsal ridge, to uniformly brick-red.

Length is up to 22 mm, and the width is up to 9 mm.

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