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Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Suborder:	Chitonina
Superfamily:	Chitonoidea
Family:	Chitonidae
Genus:	Sypharochiton
Species:	S. pelliserpentis
Binomial name
	Sypharochiton pelliserpentis; (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
Synonyms
	Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy and Gaimard, 1835

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Sypharochiton pelliserpentis is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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 '''''Sypharochiton pelliserpentis''''' is a species of [[chiton]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Chitonidae]].
-==Distribution==
-This species is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]] including the [[Chatham Islands]].  It is New Zealand's most common chiton.
-==Habitat==
-This chiton is found under stones, above the mid-tide level.
-==Description==
-The shell is coarsely [[sculpture (mollusc)|sculptured]] with nodulose radial ribs over both end [[valve (chiton)|valve]]s, as well as the lateral areas of the median valves.  The central area is densely longitudinally grooved.
-Coloration is greenish, heavily blotched and streaked in dark green, mostly with dark wedge-shaped markings down the crest of the valves.
-Length is up to 42 [[millimetre|mm]], and width up to 26 mm.
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