Guildingia obtecta

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Guildingia obtecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Family: Mopaliidae
Genus: Guildingia
Species: G. obtecta
Binomial name
Guildingia obtecta
(Pilsbry, 1893)
Synonyms

Plaxiphora obtecta Pilsbry, 1893
Plaxiphora obtecta Suter, 1913

Guildingia obtecta is a large species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the North and South islands of New Zealand, very abundant on the Auckland west coast.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton is found on exposed situations on the open coast.

[edit] Description

The shell is large, with smooth valves, and a wide hairy girdle.

Coloration of the valves is dark greenish-brown, with a pale stripe down the valve crests. The interior of the valves is bluish-green.

Length is up to 87 mm, and the width is up to 57 mm.

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