Distribution
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from Lobitos (~4°S), Peru to Quellón (~43°S), Chile.
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Description
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Animal of large size, reaching almost 60 mm in length in examined specimens. Anterior valve straight; post-mucronal slope of posterior valve slightly concave. Shell color yellowish white with concentric brown bands crossing lateral triangle longitudinally, then proceeding antero–medially over ribs of central area. Girdle light olive green or pinkish-brown. Interior of shell white with some dull green in posterior depression (After Bullock 1988).
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- Juan Francisco Araya, Marta Esther Araya
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- Araya J, Araya M (2015) The shallow-water chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Caldera, Region of Atacama, northern Chile Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(1): 45–58
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- Juan Francisco Araya
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- Marta Esther Araya
Distribution
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Marincovich (1973) cites this species from Paita (05°05’S; 81°06’W), Peru to Puerto Montt (41°28’S; 72°56’W), Chile.
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- Juan Francisco Araya, Marta Esther Araya
- bibliographic citation
- Araya J, Araya M (2015) The shallow-water chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Caldera, Region of Atacama, northern Chile Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(1): 45–58
- author
- Juan Francisco Araya
- author
- Marta Esther Araya
