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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ischnochitonidae – Ischnochitoninae: Stenochiton longicymba (Blainville, 1825) (‘long seagrass-chiton’)

Synonym(s): longicymba Blainville, 1825.
Typical shell-length 45 mm. Lives subtidally amongst seagrass, specifically attached to the lower leaf-sheaths of Posidonia australis. 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: Stenochiton

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