Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836)
Algarve to Mediterranean.
Grazer in the lower mediolittoral and in the upper infralittoral.
Original taxon: Chiton caprearum.
Above and below: young specimens from 1m deep, under stones, in the harbour, Isola Rossa, NW. Corsica. 10-10mm.
« Clypeis 8 tuberculatis virescentibus, fascia marginali squamoso-muricata, perbelle ciliata. […] Caprearum scopulos incolit. » – A. Scacchi: Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani, Naples 1836.

Synonyms: corrugatus, decipiens, pseudorissoi…
Green specimen of the Caprese chitone, « perbelle ciliatus »,
pictured by S. Gofas on WoRMS – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Chiton corrugatus from shallow water, Punta Prosciutto, Porto Cesareo, Lecce, Puglia, S. Italy. 13,5mm.
La Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 16mm.
Original picture provided by S. Clanzig (FR).
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