Sypharochiton

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Sypharochiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Superfamily: Chitonoidea
Family: Chitonidae
Genus: Sypharochiton
Thiele, 1893
Species

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Sypharochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia and New Zealand including Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Chatham Islands.

Species in this genus are moderately large, robust, strongly sculptured, with the girdle loosely packed with large striated calcareous scales. The head valve has 10 to 13 slits, the median valves one on each side, and the tail valve 12 to 14 slits.

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