Lepidopleurus fairchildi

Lepidopleurus fairchildi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Lepidopleurina
Family: Leptochitonidae
Genus: Lepidopleurus
Species: L. fairchildi
Binomial name
Lepidopleurus fairchildi
Iredale & Hull, 1929
Synonyms

Lepidopleurus kerguelenensis Hedley, 1916
Terenochiton fairchildi Iredale & Hull, 1929

Lepidopleurus fairchildi is a species of chiton in the family Leptochitonidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.[1]

Habitat

This chiton lives on intertidal rocks.

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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