Rhyssoplax suteri

Taxobox
name = "Rhyssoplax suteri"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Chitonida
subordo = Chitonina
superfamilia = Chitonoidea
familia = Chitonidae
genus = "Rhyssoplax"
species = "R. suteri"
binomial = "Rhyssoplax suteri"
binomial_authority = (Iredale, 1910)
synonyms = "Chiton suteri" Iredale, 1910

"Rhyssoplax suteri" is a rare species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.

Distribution

This rare species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

Description

The shell is small, similar to "Rhyssoplax stangeri" but with more sparse sculpture, in particular, there are only six to eight longitudinal grooves on each side of the central area, compared with about 15 on each side in "stangeri".

Coloration is yellowish-white, tesselated with grey and green.

Length is up to 13 mm, and width up to 8 mm.

References

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