Species

Mopalia muscosa (Mossy chiton)

Mopalia muscosa. Photo: (c) Elizabeth Cash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Mopalia muscosa (Gould, 1846) is a species of chiton, a polyplacophoran, an eight-plated marine mollusk. It is a northeastern Pacific species which occurs from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California Mexico.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Polyplacophora (Chitons)
      - Subclass: Neoloricata (Neoloricate chitons)
        Order: Chitonida
        Suborder: Acanthochitonina
        Superfamily: Mopalioidea
        Family: Mopaliidae
        Subfamily: Mopaliinae
        Genus: Mopalia
        Species: Mopalia muscosa (Mossy chiton)

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