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Non-Acanthoid Characters.
| (a) |
The whole shell is very broad, very elevated and carinated. |
| (b) |
The tegmentum is longitudinally narrow but very broad laterally, the sutural laminae are ischnoid in character. |
| (c) |
The great size of the dorsal area, which is the shape of an equilateral triangle and the highly raised longitudinal ribs of the pleural area. The circular scales of the girdle more properly come here than under clause 4 above. |
Type Lophoplax finlayi.
Lophoplax finlayi.
Lophoplax finlayi Ashby, “Acanthoid Chitons of N.Z.” (l.c.)
Dredged off Otago Heads in 60fms.; valves figured. In Finlay collection, Dunedin.