Cryptoplax striata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Cryptoplacidae |
Genus: | Cryptoplax |
Species: | C. striata
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Binomial name | |
Cryptoplax striata (Lamarck, 1819)
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Cryptoplax striata, commonly known as the striate leathery chiton is a species of chiton in the genus Cryptoplax that lives under rocks and in crevices in the intertidal and subtidal waters of southern Australia.[1] It grows to 120 mm long and has a brown, leathery appearance with tiny non-articulated shell valves.[1]
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