Lepidopleurus fairchildi

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Lepidopleurus fairchildi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Lepidopleurina
Family: Leptochitonidae
Genus: Lepidopleurus
Species: L. fairchildi
Binomial name
Lepidopleurus fairchildi
Iredale and Hull, 1929
Synonyms

Lepidopleurus kerguelenensis Hedley, 1916
Terenochiton fairchildi Iredale and Hull, 1929

Lepidopleurus fairchildi is a species of chiton in the family Leptochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton lives on intertidal rocks.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very small, narrowly elongate-ovate, with an almost smooth surface.

Coloration is pink.

Length is up to 8 mm, and the width is up to 4 mm.

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