Notoplax latalamina

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Notoplax latalamina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Superfamily: Cryptoplacoidea
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Notoplax
Species: N. latalamina
Binomial name
Notoplax latalamina
Dell, 1956

Notoplax latalamina is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to Stephen Island in the Cook Strait area of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton lives at depths of about 200 m on sponges.

[edit] Description

The girdle is extremely wide and spongy, greatly reducing the external surface of the valves.

Coloration of the valves is pale fawn, and the girdle is brownish-grey.

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