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Image of <i>Lepidochitona piceola</i>
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Lepidochitona piceola

Description

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Small size (up to 10 × 6 mm), dorsal elevation ratio = 0.31 (Kaas and Van Belle 1985b). Tegmentum with round quincuncially arranged granules, but valves generally strongly eroded, and sculpture usually preserved only along the anterior margins of the valves. Valves rather thick, with a strong apical callus. Girdle wide, approx. 40% of the total width.
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Sérgio P. Ávila, Julia Sigwart
bibliographic citation
Ávila S, Sigwart J (2013) New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) ZooKeys 312: 23–38
author
Sérgio P. Ávila
author
Julia Sigwart
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Distribution

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Azores and Canary Islands (Kaas and Van Belle 1985b). Intertidal.
license
cc-by-3.0
copyright
Sérgio P. Ávila, Julia Sigwart
bibliographic citation
Ávila S, Sigwart J (2013) New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) ZooKeys 312: 23–38
author
Sérgio P. Ávila
author
Julia Sigwart
original
visit source
partner site
Zookeys