Lepidopleurus otagoensis

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

Terenochiton otagoensis Iredale and Hull, 1929

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the Otago coast in the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton lives under stones just below high water mark.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is similar to Lepidopleurus finlayi in shape and in sculpture, except that the dorsal area is not so acutely carinated, and there are no projecting spine-like granules along the posterior edge of the intermediate valves.

Coloration is reddish-buff, darker medially.

Length is up to 7 mm, and the width is up to 3.5 mm.

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