Notoplax websteri

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Notoplax websteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Superfamily: Cryptoplacoidea
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Notoplax
Species: N. websteri
Binomial name
Notoplax websteri
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton is found at depths of about 170 m.

[edit] Description

This chiton is known only from a few median valves and one presumed tail valve. The median valves are pentagonal, and the dorsal area is wedge-shaped, with deeply incised longitudinal lines and pittings. The lateral areas have small, ovate to triangular pustules, about 13 on each side. The sutural laminae are broad, a wide sinus between them.

Coloration is pale pink, variegated with brown and green.

Median valve height is up to 4 mm, and width up to 5 mm.

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