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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ischnochitonidae – Ischnochitoninae: Ischnochiton (Autochiton) torri Iredale & May, 1916 (‘Torr’s chiton’)

Synonym(s): torri Iredale & May, 1916.
Typical shell-length 42 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally under rocks and stones, especially those embedded in sand in the vicinity of seagrass beds. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Ischnochitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Ischnochitoninae
Genus: Ischnochiton

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