Phylum： Mollusca 軟體動物門
Class： Polyplacophora 多板綱
Family： Chitonidae 石鱉科
Scientific name： Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus
Chinese name： 大理石石鱉
Author： Gmelin, 1791
Size： 33.7mm
Description： 33.7x20.1mm, On sides of large boulders in sand, Playa del Carmen, Yucatan, Mexico. 12/2008.
Acknowledgement：I would like to express my gratitude to my friend Bruno Anseeuw (BELGIUM) to enrich my shell collection. This specimen is one of his highly appreciated generosity gifts. Bruno is a passionate collector of this often neglected group (Polyplacophora) of Molluscs and his collection of Polyplacophora now counts about 450 worldwide species. In Alain Robin’s new book:「Encyclopedia of Marine Bivalves, Including Scaphopods, Polyplacophora and Cephalopods」, section of the Polyplacophora almost all come from his collection. The author came to photograph them at his home. So you can figure out how abundant are his collection of chitons.
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