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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ischnochitonidae – Callochitoninae: Eudoxochiton (Eudoxoplax) inornatus (Tenison-Woods, 1881) (‘plain chiton’)

Synonym(s): inornatus Tenison-Woods, 1881 lobatus Carpenter, 1892.

Typical shell-length 75 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally under rocks and stones. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Ischnochitonina
Family: Callochitonidae
Genus: Eudoxochiton

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