Plaxiphora australis

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Plaxiphora australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Family: Mopaliidae
Genus: Plaxiphora
Species: P. australis
Binomial name
Plaxiphora australis
(Suter, 1907)
Synonyms

Mopalia australis Suter, 1907

Plaxiphora australis is a very small species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Snares Islands.

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[edit] Description

The shell is very small, more or less eroded in all examples, but evidently without strong sculpture. The head valve has very fine incised radials, and the tail valve is without mucro or sculpture.

Coloration of the girdle is reddish-brown, with a well developed spiculose fringe, and longer hair-like bristles at the sutures.

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