Lepidopleurus fairchildi
Appearance
Lepidopleurus fairchildi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Family: | Leptochitonidae |
Genus: | Lepidopleurus |
Species: | L. fairchildi
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Binomial name | |
Lepidopleurus fairchildi Iredale & Hull, 1929
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Synonyms | |
Lepidopleurus kerguelenensis Hedley, 1916 |
Lepidopleurus fairchildi is a species of chiton in the family Leptochitonidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.[1]
Habitat
[edit]This chiton lives on intertidal rocks.
References
[edit]- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1