Small chiton, 6 to 8.5mm long, 3 to 4mm wide. Plates are pale pink with a green tinge to pale brown. The usual radial and front to back parallel ridges are made up of closely packed beads which become short spines along the rear edge.
Found from 20 to 100m. Otago Heads , Stewart Island.
Lepidopleurus finlayi Ashby, 1929
Leptochiton finlayi Ashby, 1929
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385795
New Zealand Mollusca, Marine Land and Freshwater Shells, A W B Powell, 1979
Depth | offshore |
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Places | Otago, Stewart Island |