| Family: |
Ischnochitonidae (chitons [narrow chitons]) |
| Max. size: |
2.54 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 80 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Korea, Japan, and China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body elongate, oval shaped; moderately elevated. Valve slate-blue, dark olive-grey or dark grayish brown with blotches of creamy white. Central areas minutely pitted in a chevron-like or quincuncial pattern. Lateral areas slightly raised, clearly marked; sculptured with flat, radiating costae. Girdle narrow; colored like the valves, sometimes with alternating bands of lighter and darker tones; covered with imbricating scales. |
| Biology: |
Occurs in stony bottoms and in oyster beds (Ref. 289); undersurfaces of stones and rocks (Ref. 1867). Found from intertidal to 80 m (Ref. 75835). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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