Size 9 to 10mm long, 4.5 to 6mm wide. Dark coloured appearing smooth but covered in wrinkled patterns.
Similar to the snakeskin chiton Sypharochiton pelliserpentis, but half the size.
Restricted to very south of the South Island, Bluff, and Stewart Island.
New Zealand Mollusca, Marine Land and Freshwater Shells, A W B Powell, 1979
Chiton torri (Suter, 1907) (original combination)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724150
Places | Bluff, Stewart Island |
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