Taxon profile
species
Tripoplax trifida (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Polyplacophora - chitons » order Ischnochitonina » family Ischnochitonidae » genus Tripoplax
ID: 1968557
pID: 1968555
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2022-12-29 20:47:19 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2022-12-29 20:47:19
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1968557/
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[[t:1968557;<em>Tripoplax trifida</em>]] (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1968557/"><em>Tripoplax trifida</em></a>
pID: 1968555
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2022-12-29 20:47:19 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2022-12-29 20:47:19
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1968557/
Text function: [[t:1968557;<em>Tripoplax trifida</em>]]
[[t:1968557;<em>Tripoplax trifida</em>]] (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1968557/"><em>Tripoplax trifida</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Author: Clark, R.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 120250
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Created: 2022-12-29 20:48:02 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 120250
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2022-12-29 20:48:02 - User Delsing Jan
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Moderately large 40-60 mm; valves mottled or maculated with orange, brown and white; central areas pitted, radial areas smooth, except for sulci; girdle scales large, smooth, bent.
Habitat. Vertical rock walls and boulders, intertidal to 110 m.
Distribution. Eastern Aleutian Islands to the Salish Sea.
Occurrence. Rare (intertidally) to common. Comments. Previously listed as Ischnochiton trifidus, or Lepidozona trifida. Clark (2008b) raised the subgenus Tripoplax to full generic rank.
Habitat. Vertical rock walls and boulders, intertidal to 110 m.
Distribution. Eastern Aleutian Islands to the Salish Sea.
Occurrence. Rare (intertidally) to common. Comments. Previously listed as Ischnochiton trifidus, or Lepidozona trifida. Clark (2008b) raised the subgenus Tripoplax to full generic rank.
Clark, R., 2020. The shallow water chiton fauna of the Salish Sea.
Author: Jan Delsing