Acanthochitona zelandica

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Acanthochitona zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Superfamily: Cryptoplacoidea
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Acanthochitona
Species: A. zelandica
Binomial name
Acanthochitona zelandica
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
Synonyms

Chiton zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard, 1835
Acanthochoetes hookeri Gray, 1843
Acanthochiton zealandicus doubtessensis Ashby, 1926
Acanthochiton brookesi Ashby, 1926
Acanthochiton zelandicus amplificatus Iredale and Hull, 1930

Acanthochitona zelandica is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand including the Auckland Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This chiton is found under stones in rock pools.

[edit] Description

The shell is small, narrow, elongated, with the girdle bearing conspicuous tufts of long stiff bristles at the sutural pores. The valves are sculptured with rounded flat-topped pustules, over the combined pleural and lateral areas. The dorsal area is wedge-shaped and longitudinally grooved.

Length is up to 31 mm, and width up to 20 mm.

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