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Mollusca (Compiled Part 2)
CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA
Subclass Neoloricata
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Cards (17)
Order:
Chitonida
Family:
Chitonidae
What is shown?
Chiton marmoratus
What is shown?
Acanthopleura brevispinosa
What is shown?
Acanthopleura granulata
Acanthopleura granulata
- It looks like integral partof rocks,
active
at night/ nocturnal
Family Tonicellidae
Tonicella
- colorful especially the
girdle
Family Tonicellidae
Ventral surface of
Cryptochiton
stelleri
Family Tonicellidae
Tonicella lineata
Family Tonicellidae
Lower pic- prominent foot,
girdle
,
pallial
groove
Family
Acanthochitonidae
deep water species
Family Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitona
crinita
(
Crinita
- tough with spines around the girdle)
Family Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitona fascicularis
Mopaliidae
Placiphorella velata
girdle
not the typical shape in placophora,
wide
at anterior then becoming
narrower
towards rear
Mopaliidae
Mopalia
cilliata
Mopaliidae
M.
muscosa
Mopaliidae
M. lignosa
Cryptoplacidae
Cryptoplax
larvaeformis
plates do not
overlap
only the first two or three,
elongated
body