Diaphoroplax

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Diaphoroplax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Ischnochitonina
Family: Mopaliidae
Genus: Diaphoroplax
Iredale, 1914
Species

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Diaphoroplax is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.

The shells resemble Plaxiphora, but internally the valves have the sutural lamellae continuous.

The genus is endemic to New Zealand.

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