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Autor: Clark, R.
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AS Stenosemus albus:
Diagnosis. Small chitons, 10-15 mm; valves smooth except for growth lines; girdle pebbly appearing, scales cylindrical, juxtaposed; color solid white, usually with black mineral stains. Habitat. On pebbles and dead bivalve shells resting on sand, silt or mud, 10-100 m (below 25 m in the Salish Sea).
Distribution. Arctic, circum-boreal, in the NE Pacific south to the Salish Sea.
Occurrence. Rare to uncommon. Comments. May be confused with white specimens of Lepidozona radians, but distinguished by the unique, cylindrical girdle scales.
Diagnosis. Small chitons, 10-15 mm; valves smooth except for growth lines; girdle pebbly appearing, scales cylindrical, juxtaposed; color solid white, usually with black mineral stains. Habitat. On pebbles and dead bivalve shells resting on sand, silt or mud, 10-100 m (below 25 m in the Salish Sea).
Distribution. Arctic, circum-boreal, in the NE Pacific south to the Salish Sea.
Occurrence. Rare to uncommon. Comments. May be confused with white specimens of Lepidozona radians, but distinguished by the unique, cylindrical girdle scales.
Clark, R., 2020. The shallow water chiton fauna of the Salish Sea.
Autor: Jan Delsing
Odkazy a literatura
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [jako Ischnochiton albus (Linnaeus, 1767)]Datum citace: 23. listopad 2013