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Coat-of-mail Chiton

Leptochiton asellus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) njacko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 739, February 546, March 855, April 1,345, May 1,939, June 2,115, July 2,263, August 1,946, September 1,429, October 1,066, November 583, December 455.
United States15,280
Alaska15,280
United Kingdom7
Northern Ireland7
Germany3
Norway3
Schleswig-Holstein3
Vestland3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassChitons · Polyplacophora
OrderLepidopleurida
FamilyLeptochitonidae
GenusLeptochiton

Sources

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Practise Coat-of-mail Chiton with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.