Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicua Carpenter 1879 (conspicuous chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae

Alternative combination: Maugerella conspicua

Belongs to Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) according to S. S. Berry 1922

See also Abbott 1974, Hendy 2021, Valentine 1956 and Valentine 1957

Sister taxa: Stenoplax (Stenoradsia), Stenoplax conspicua, Stenoplax fallax, Stenoplax heathiana, Stenoplax magdalenensis, Stenoplax quimperensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicua in the database

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