Chiton tuberculatus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Chiton tuberculatus
Chiton tuberculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Genus: Chiton
Species:
C. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Chiton tuberculatus

Chiton tuberculatus, the West Indian green chiton, is a

mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons.[1][2][3]

Description

Chiton tuberculatus can reach a length of about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in). The basic color is gray green. The valves are ribbed, dull grayish green or greenish brown, with a spicule-covered mantle girdle alternating zones of whitish, green or black.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Disarticulated valves or plates

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found under rocks and in spray zones of rocky shores, in the intertidal, shallow subtidal zone of Western Central Atlantic (USA, Colombia, Bermuda, Mexico, Venezuela and the West Indies).[4]

Gallery

  • Chiton tuberculatus. Museum specimen
    Chiton tuberculatus. Museum specimen
  • Dorsal view
    Dorsal view
  • Ventral view
    Ventral view
  • A live individual of Chiton tuberculatus
    A live individual of Chiton tuberculatus

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of life
  2. ^ URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Land J. van der (ed)
  3. ^ WoRMS
  4. ^ a b Sea Life Base
  5. ISBN 2-603-01374-2
    )
  6. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp. Archived 2017-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ISBN 1-888569-01-8
  8. ^ W. J. Crozier and L. B. Arey On the Ethology of Chiton Tuberculatus
  9. ^ W. J. Crozier Growth and Duration of Life of Chiton Tuberculatus

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chiton tuberculatus.
Wikispecies has information related to Chiton tuberculatus.


Stub icon

This Chiton-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiton_tuberculatus&oldid=1190909795"