Monograph of Living Chitons - Mollusca - Polyplacophora: Suborder Ischnochitonina - Ischnochitonidae - Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae and Lepidochitoninae |
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apices apophyses Articulamentum bluntly pointed Callochiton central areas Central tooth Chiton Colour of tegmentum ctenidia denticles distally Distribution dorsal girdle spicules dorsal view eaves elevated dorsal elevation elongate oval end valves Ferreira granules granulose grooved growth lines head of major head valve Head valve semicircular holotype insertion plates short intermediate valves Iredale & Hull Islands jugal jugal area jugum lateral areas lateral radula teeth lateral view lectotype Leloup Lepidochitona less than semicircular major lateral radula major lateral tooth margin widely V-shaped marginal spicules mucro narrow Pilsbry pointed spicules Polyplacophora porous posterior margin widely posterior slope postmucronal area quincuncially quincunx rounded sculptured like head sharply pointed side margins Sirenko slightly concave slit formula slit rays smooth species straight to slightly subcarinated synonymy Tail valve Thiele Tonicella Tonicella lineata tooth of radula Trachydermon tridentate cusp Type locality valve VIII valves broadly rectangular ventral scales ventral view weakly whole specimen width