Ischnochiton circumvallatus

Ischnochiton circumvallatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Neoloricata
Suborder:	Ischnochitonina
Family:	Ischnochitonidae
Genus:	Ischnochiton
Species:	I. circumvallatus
Binomial name
	Ischnochiton circumvallatus; (Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms
	Chiton circumvallatus Reeve, 1847; Lepidopleurus campbelli Filhol, 1880; Lepidopleurus melanterus Rochebrune, 1884; Ischnochiton parkeri Suter, 1897; Ischnochiton fulvus Suter, 1905; Ischnochiton circumvallatus Iredale and Hull, 1929

Ischnochiton circumvallatus is a common medium-sized species of chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae, endemic to the southern South Island and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand where it habits exposed rocky shores down to the low intertidal zone. Coloured light buff to light green on both surfaces, occasionally with reddish brown. Moderately raised shell and narrow girdle which has small scales. Broods larvae along the sides of the body.^[1]

References

^ Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

[1] Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5

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