Kingdom Animalia Suborder Acanthochitonina Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Polyplacophora Family Mopaliidae Genus Plaxiphora Order Neoloricata | |
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Similar Plaxiphora, Onithochiton, Patelloida alticostata, Placiphorella, Sypharochiton pelliserpentis | ||
Plaxiphora albida, the White Plaxiphora Chiton, is a species of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.
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Description
The White Plaxiphora Chiton reaches a common size of about 95 mm, with a minimum and maximum length of 40–100 millimetres (1.6–3.9 in) and a width of 25–38 millimetres (0.98–1.50 in). The shell of this large chiton is dark green to brown, humped and oval shaped, with eight rough valves. Its girdle is leathery, brown with darker bars and with long bristles.
Distribution and habitat
This species of low-shore chitons is native to Southwestern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
References
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