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Created 2/24/2013
Family Lepidochitonidae
NORTHEAST PACIFIC
Nuttallina
californica
CALIFORNIA SPINY or NUTTALL'S CHITON
Common on rocks among mussels and barnacles in the intertidal zone.
Valves narrow, girdle coarse with tufts of short spines. Attains 2
inches. Puget Sound to Northern Baja California. Specimens
from Makapu'u washed ashore attached to floating debris on 2/14/2013. |
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