Rhyssoplax corallina (Risso, 1826)

Mediterranean to Northern Red Sea. On rock and stones, from shallow water to circalittoral. Grazer. Original taxon: Lepidopleurus corallinus. Synonyms: pulchellus, rubellus, rubicundus… Thin longitudinal striae. 1m deep, under stone, in the harbour, Isola Rossa, NW. Corsica. 21mm.

Chiton corallinus on its substrate, pictured by E. Schwabe on WoRMS – (CC BY-NC-SA).

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