Ischnochitonidae – Ischnochitoninae: Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) mayi Pilsbry, 1895 (‘May’s chiton’)
Synonym(s): mayi Pilsbry, 1895.
Typical shell-length 24 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS only).
Classification
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Ischnochitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Ischnochitoninae
Genus: Ischnochiton
Localities for Ischnochiton mayi
Blackmans Bay
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Flinders Island: Lady Barron (unlocalised)
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Kettering: Oyster Cove
Norfolk Bay
North Bruny Island: Barnes Bay
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Great Bay (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Sandgrove Point
North Bruny Island: Stockyard Point
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Arthur: Stewarts Bay
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Sandford: Clear Lagoon
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay
Taranna
Tasmania (unlocalised)
