Rhyssoplax clavata

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Rhyssoplax clavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Superfamily: Chitonoidea
Family: Chitonidae
Genus: Rhyssoplax
Species: R. clavata
Binomial name
Rhyssoplax clavata
(Suter, 1907)
Synonyms

Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907

Rhyssoplax clavata is an uncommon species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.

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[edit] Description

The shell is rather small. Sculpture is of eight or nine radial ribs on the head valve, two on the lateral areas of the median valves, and ten on the tail valve. The central area has six to eight short shallow longitudinal grooves on each side.

Coloration is variable, grey or greyish-brown, mottled with light and dark green.

Length is up to 16 mm, and width up to 10 mm.

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