Ischnochiton circumvallatus

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Ischnochiton circumvallatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Ischnochitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Ischnochiton
Species: I. circumvallatus
Binomial name
Ischnochiton circumvallatus
(Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms

Chiton circumvallatus Reeve, 1847
Lepidopleurus campbelli Filhol, 1880
Lepidopleurus melanterus Rochebrune, 1884
Ischnochiton parkeri Suter, 1897
Ischnochiton fulvus Suter, 1905
Ischnochiton circumvallatus Iredale and Hull, 1929

Ischnochiton circumvallatus is a species of chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, in the South Island south of Otago, and in Stewart, Antipodes, Auckland, and Campbell islands, and The Snares.

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[edit] Description

The shell is small, with the anterior valve large and the posterior valve small. The lateral areas are inconspicuously ridged, and the whole surface is delicately and densely sculptured with concentric lirations.

Coloration is uniformly light greenish-buff to reddish-brown, sometimes speckled with black.

Length is up to 21 mm, and the width is up to 12 mm.

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