Global InformationSypharochiton pelliserpentis information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Genus: | Sypharochiton |
| Species: | S. pelliserpentis
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| Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
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Sypharochiton pelliserpentis is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae. As the species name suggests, the surface of the girdle in this chiton has a pattern of overlaying scales resembling snakeskin, and it is commonly referred to as the snakeskin chiton.[1] The Māori name for the species is papatua.[2]
- ^ "Snake-skinned Chiton". www.mesa.edu.au. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ "Chiton, snakeskin". www.marinelife.ac.nz. Retrieved 16 June 2023.