Photo 73593258, (c) Fernanda Nogueira de Martinez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fernanda Nogueira de Martinez

Attribution © Fernanda Nogueira de Martinez
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Uploaded by fernmartinez fernmartinez
Source iNaturalist NZ
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Observer

fernmartinez

Date

May 16, 2020 10:43 AM NZST

Description

Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora
Order Chitonida
Family Acanthochitonidae
Genus Pseudotonicia
Species Pseudotonicia cuneata

Found on high tide at the shore by the rocks. As I picked it up it rolled into a ball.
They can grow to 45mm in length and 22m wide. They are grazers and benthic.

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