Lepidopleurus
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Lepidopleurus is a genus of chitons in the family Leptochitonidae. They are small narrowly-ovate chitons, the valves usually without insertion plates, but when present, without slits. The tail valve is slightly larger than the others. Sculpture consists of overall patterns of granules, in radial and vertical series.
They are found around southern Australia from Western Australia to Queensland, and around New Zealand including the southern islands.
[edit] Species
- Lepidopleurus asellus
- Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791)
- Lepidopleurus cancellatus
- Lepidopleurus fairchildi Iredale and Hull, 1929
- Lepidopleurus finlayi (Ashby, 1929)
- Lepidopleurus inquinatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Lepidopleurus otagoensis Iredale and Hull, 1929
- Lepidopleurus pergranatus
[edit] References
- Lepidopleurus (TSN 78825). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
