Plaxiphora albida

Plaxiphora albida
	Dorsal surface of specimen from Tasmania on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Mopaliidae
Genus:	Plaxiphora
Species:	P. albida
Binomial name
	Plaxiphora albida; (Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms
	List Chaetopleura conspersa H. Adams & Angas, 1864; Chiton albidus Blainville, 1825; Chiton costatus Blainville, 1825; Chiton glaucus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835; Chiton petholatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839; Chiton porphyrius G. B. Sowerby II, 1839; Chiton tasmanicus Paetel, 1887; Euplaxiphora modesta Haddon, 1886; Plaxiphora bednalli Thiele, 1909; Plaxiphora excurvata Pilsbry, 1893; Plaxiphora paeteliana Thiele, 1909; Plaxiphora petholata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840); Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909; Poneroplax mawlei Iredale & Hull, 1926;

Plaxiphora albida, the white Plaxiphora chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

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 south-western Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

References

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