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| Ischnochiton luteoroseus Suter, 1907
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Ischnochiton luteoroseus is a minute species of chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand's Bounty Islands.
Habitat
Description
The shell is small, elongate-ovate, minutely granulate, and uniformly pink or yellowish, with longitudinal pink bands. The head valve has eleven irregularly disposed slits, and the tail valve has eight.
Length is up to 5 mm, and the width is up to 3 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1