Description ²

Small 15 to 26mm long, 13 to 18mm wide. Plates pale green. Front plate with 10 radial ridges, rear plate a single ridge. Other plates just 2 radial ridges. Plates patterned with front to back darker green parallel lines. Skirt/girdle yellowy-brown with tufts of bristles.

Distribution ²

Found under hold-fasts of giant kelp. Cook Strait, South Island, Stewart Island.

Synonyms ²

Acanthochaetes ovatus (Hutton, 1872)
Streptochiton tortuosus (Pilsbry, 1893)
Frembleya egregia (H. Adams, 1867)

References ²

New Zealand Mollusca, Marine Land and Freshwater Shells, A W B Powell, 1979

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tony Wills
2. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

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