Mopalia ciliata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Mopaliidae
- Genus
- Mopalia
- Species
- Mopalia ciliata
- Scientific Name
- Mopalia ciliata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mopalia ciliata
Mopalia ciliata is a chiton in the genus Mopalia, commonly known as the hairy chiton. It is a medium-sized marine mollusc up to 5.0 cm (2.0 in) in length. It is oval shaped with 8 separate, moderately elevated, overlapping ridged valves on its dorsal surface. Hairy chitons can be found along the coast of North America.
...Mopalia ciliata in languages:
- English
- Hairy Chiton
- English
- Northern Hairy Chiton
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mopalia acuta
- Mopalia ciliata
- Mopalia cirrata
- Mopalia egretta
- Mopalia ferreirai
- Mopalia hindsii
- Mopalia imporcata
- Mopalia lignosa
- Mopalia lionota
- Mopalia lowei
- Mopalia middendorffii
- Mopalia muscosa
- Mopalia phorminx
- Mopalia porifera
- Mopalia recurvans
- Mopalia retifera
- Mopalia schrencki
- Mopalia seta
- Mopalia sinuata
- Mopalia spectabilis
- Mopalia swanii
- Mopalia vespertina































































































































































