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Molluscs of Tasmania

Loricidae: Loricella angasi (H. Adams, 1864) (‘Angas’ chiton’)

Synonym(s): angasi H. Adams, 1864, torri Ashby, 1919.

Typical shell-length 90 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks, but juveniles live under rocks and stones. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Ischnochitonina
Family: Loricidae
Genus: Loricella
Localities for Loricella angasi
Loricella angasi
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Loricella angasi