Onithochiton marmoratus

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Onithochiton marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Superfamily: Chitonoidea
Family: Chitonidae
Genus: Onithochiton
Species: O. marmoratus
Binomial name
Onithochiton marmoratus
Wissel, 1904
Synonyms

Onithochiton nodosus Suter, 1907

Onithochiton marmoratus is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the southern half of the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton is found at depths of about 30 m.

[edit] Description

The shell is rather small, ovate, sculptured with radial series of pustules. The head valve has about 20 radials, the lateral areas of median valves have three primary and a few weaker intermediate radials, and the tail valve has a terminal, margining series of pustules.

Coloration is flesh to orange, variegated with green and brown.

Length is up to 20 mm, and width up to 13 mm.

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