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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- 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
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
