Callochiton kapitiensis

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Callochiton kapitiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Ischnochitonina
Family: Callochitonidae
Genus: Callochiton
Species: C. kapitiensis
Binomial name
Callochiton kapitiensis
Mestayer, 1926
Synonyms

Chiton limans Suter, 1912

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Kapiti Island and the coast of the North Island south to Wellington.

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[edit] Description

The shell is small, narrowly ovate, elevated and dorsally ridged. The central area is sculptured with long narrow ribs, the interspaces three to four times their width.

Coloration is variable, pale brownish with the girdle reddish-brown.

Length is up to 9 mm, and the width is up to 5 mm.

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