Chaetopleura papilio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: | Chaetopleura |
Subgenus: | Chaetopleura |
Species: | C. papilio
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Binomial name | |
Chaetopleura papilio (
Spengler, 1797)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Chiton papilio Spengler, 1797 ( basionym) |
The hairy chiton (Chaetopleura papilio) is a species of chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.
This species is found from the central Namibian coast to False Bay in South Africa, intertidally to at least 20 m. [2]
The hairy chiton has brown and black banded valves. A darker stripe runs down the centre of the valves. It can grow up to 70 mm in total length. The girdle is covered with black spines. [3]
This is a solitary animal.
Chaetopleura papilio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: | Chaetopleura |
Subgenus: | Chaetopleura |
Species: | C. papilio
|
Binomial name | |
Chaetopleura papilio (
Spengler, 1797)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Chiton papilio Spengler, 1797 ( basionym) |
The hairy chiton (Chaetopleura papilio) is a species of chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc.
This species is found from the central Namibian coast to False Bay in South Africa, intertidally to at least 20 m. [2]
The hairy chiton has brown and black banded valves. A darker stripe runs down the centre of the valves. It can grow up to 70 mm in total length. The girdle is covered with black spines. [3]
This is a solitary animal.