Plaxiphora albida

Plaxiphora albida
File:Mopaliidae - Plaxifora albida
Plaxiphora albida from ##Tasmania## on display at the ##Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano### Dorsal surface
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animal##ia
Phylum:	Mollusc##a
Class:	Polyplacophora##
Order:	Neoloricata##
Suborder:	Acanthochitonina##
Family:	Mopaliidae##
Genus:	##Plaxiphora##
Species:	P# albida
Binomial name
Plaxiphora albida #Blainville, 1825#
Synonyms
Plaxiphora tasmanica Thiele, 1909 Poneroplax albida mawlei Iredale and Hull, 1926

Plaxiphora albida, the White Plaxiphora Chiton, is a ##species## of ##chiton##s in the ##family #biology#|family## ##Mopaliidae###

Description

The White Plaxiphora Chiton reaches a common size of about 95 mm, with a minimum and maximum length of 40–100 millimetres (1.6–3.9 in) and a width of 25–38 millimetres (0.98–1.50 in)# The shell of this large chiton is dark green to brown, humped and oval shaped, with eight rough valves# Its girdle is leathery, brown with darker bars and with long bristles#

Distribution and habitat

This species of low-shore chitons is native to Southwestern Australia, including ##Queensland##, ##New South Wales##, ##Victoria #Australia#|Victoria## and ##Tasmania###

References

• 1. http://www#marinespecies#org/aphia#php?p=taxdetails&id=386379 WoRMS#
• #http://www#discoverlife#org/mp/20q?guide=Mollusca_Polyplacophora_species&flags=HAS:&flags=HAS: Discover Life#
  1. http://www#environment#gov#au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment#pl?id=78810 Environment#gov#au#
  2. http://www#molluscsoftasmania#net/Species%20supplementary%20pages/Plaxiphora%20albida#html Molluscs of Tasmania#
  3. http://bie#ala#org#au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity#org#au:afd#taxon:e0d47822-58c8-406e-a13d-d634f448cf08 Atlas of Living Australia#
• N# M# Otway Population ecology of the low-shore chitons Onithochiton quercinus and Plaxiphora albida