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''Chiton tuberculatus'', the West Indian green chiton, is a
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Growth and Duration of Life of Chiton Tuberculatus
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File:Chitonidae - Chiton tuberculatus.JPG, ''Chiton tuberculatus''. Museum specimen
File:Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 2013 000.JPG, Dorsal view
File:Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 2013 001.JPG, Ventral view
File:Chiton tuberculatus (West Indian green chiton) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (15511363564).jpg, A live individual of ''Chiton tuberculatus''
Quitón (Chiton tuberculatus) - Chiton
Chitonidae Molluscs described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Chiton-stub
species
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of chiton
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
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polyplacophoran mollusk
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in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons.
Description
''Chiton tuberculatus'' can reach a length of about . The basic color is gray green. The valves are ribbed, dull grayish green or greenish brown, with a spicule-covered mantle girdle alternating zones of whitish, green or black.Sea Life Base/ref>Arianna Fulvo et Roberto Nistri (2005). 350 coquillages du monde entier. Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p. ()W. J. Crozie
Growth and Duration of Life of Chiton Tuberculatus
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Distribution and habitat
This species can be found under rocks and in spray zones of rocky shores, in the intertidal, shallow subtidal zone of Western Central Atlantic (USA, Colombia, Bermuda, Mexico, Venezuela and the West Indies).Gallery
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Quitón (Chiton tuberculatus) - Chiton
Chitonidae Molluscs described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Chiton-stub