Plaxiphora aurata campbelli

Taxobox
name = "Plaxiphora aurata campbelli"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Neoloricata
subordo = Acanthochitonina
familia = Mopaliidae
genus = "Plaxiphora"
species = "P. aurata campbelli"
trinomial = "Plaxiphora aurata campbelli"
trinomial_authority = Filhol, 1880
synonyms = "Plaxifora campbelli" Filhol, 1880
"Plaxifora superba" Pilsbry, 1893
"Plaxifora aucklandica" Suter, 1909
"Plaxifora aurata" Iredale and Hull, 1932

"Plaxiphora aurata campbelli" is a subspecies of chiton in the family Mopaliidae.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to circum-sub-Antarctic islands.

Habitat

Description

Coloration is greenish to reddish-brown.

Length is up to 75 mm, and the width is up to 45 mm.

References

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