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Molluscs of Tasmania

Acanthochitonidae – Acanthochitoninae: Craspedoplax variabilis (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (‘variable chiton’)

Synonym(s): variabilis A. Adams & Angas, 1864.

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

Classification

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

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