Notoplax facilis

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Notoplax facilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Superfamily: Cryptoplacoidea
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Notoplax
Species: N. facilis
Binomial name
Notoplax facilis
Iredale and Hull, 1931

Notoplax facilis is a very rare species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Habitat

The only example of this rare chiton was found in a deep rock pool, but has not been seen since its original discovery.

[edit] Description

This valves are deep and narrowly pentagonal. The dorsal area is long and narrowly wedge-shaped. The lateral areas are covered with a few rows of irregularly rounded pustules.

Coloration of the shell is greenish with black specks.

Length is up to 26 mm, and width up to 12 mm.

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