Ischnochiton granulifer

Taxobox
name = "Ischnochiton maorianus"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Neoloricata
subordo = Ischnochitonina
familia = Ischnochitonidae
genus = "Ischnochiton"
species = "I. granulifer"
binomial = "Ischnochiton granulifer"
binomial_authority = Thiele, 1909
synonyms =

"Ischnochiton granulifer" is a small species of chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae. It has not been seen since its original discovery.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, but its exact location is unknown.

Habitat

Description

According to the original description the whole surface of the valves is covered with rounded granules. The head valve has 13 slits, and the tail valve eight.

Coloration is variable. One example is uniformly yellowish, another whitish, indistinctly marbled and spotted with reddish-brown.

Length is up to 6 mm, and the width is up to 3.5 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1