Plaxiphora albida

Plaxiphora albida
	Plaxiphora albida from Tasmania on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal surface
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Neoloricata
Suborder:	Acanthochitonina
Family:	Mopaliidae
Genus:	Plaxiphora
Species:	P. albida
Binomial name
	Plaxiphora albida; (Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms
	Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909; Poneroplax albida mawlei Iredale and Hull, 1926;

Plaxiphora albida, the White Plaxiphora chiton, is a species of chitons 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 Southwestern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

References

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