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Chiton

Class Polyplacophora

Photo by AshleyT
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20.6006, -87.0921

Field Notes

Description:

Oval shaped mollusks. The larger ones are gray with few markings and the smaller ones (presumably younger?) are clear-green with lots of markings.

Habitat:

On the rocks at the beach, less than 1 meter from the ocean.

Notes:

Not sure these can be identified past class so I have put that in the scientific name field.

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Chiton

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
AlbertKang
They are from the Family of Chitonidae. This one could possibly be Snake Skin Chiton under the genus of Sypharochiton.

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Mission
Yucatan Peninsula Biodiversity
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedAugust 16, 2014

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