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Molluscs of Tasmania

Acanthochitonidae – Acanthochitoninae: Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912) (‘Kimber’s chiton’)

Synonym(s): kimberi Torr, 1912.

Typical shell-length 14 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Acanthochitonina
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthochitoninae
Genus: Acanthochitona

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