Sypharochiton torri
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| Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907) |
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Chiton torri Suter, 1907 |
Sypharochiton torri is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand, at the southern extremity of the South Island, and Stewart Island.
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[edit] Description
The shell is very small, narrowly ovate, and without ribbing, smooth to the eye but crowded with minute pustules that form wrinkled patterns.
Coloration is dark brown, almost black.
Length is up to 10 mm, and width up to 6 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
