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POLYPLACOPHORIIDAE / CHITONS - ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN $ (AUD), NOT INCL. GST
Genus Species Author Locality Description Grading Price $
Stenoplax alata Sowerby, 1841 Indonesia  25-30mm, fleshy girdle  F++     20
Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, WA under 50mm, green lined, preserved with hairy girdle F++    6
Plaxiphora albida (Blainville, 1825) Australia, WA over 50mm, green lined, preserved with hairy girdle F++     10
Callistochiton antiguus Reeve, 1847 Australia, QLD  14-16mm, with heavy lateral ribs  F++/GEM  6
Ischnochiton australis (Sowerby II, 1840) Australia, Tasmania under 50mm, some w central pink region, with girdle  F++  5
Ischnochiton australis (Sowerby II, 1840) Australia, Tasmania over 50mm, dramatic dark sp, preserved with girdle F++     8
Rhyssoplax calliozona Pilsbry, 1894 Australia, SA  40mm, beautiful patterned girdle F++     12
Ischnochiton cariosus Carpenter, 1879 Australia, Tasmania 30-40mm, nice surface sculpture  F++     5
Ischnochiton contractus (Reeve, 1847) Australia, SA  30-35mm, variable colours F++  5
Squamopleura curtisiana (Smith, 1884) Australia, QLD 15-20mm, broad species with dark central band F++ 5
Rhyssoplax densilirata (Carpenter in Pilsbry,1893) Indonesia  20-30mm, colourful tropical Chiton  F++    12
Rhyssoplax densilirata (Carpenter in Pilsbry,1893) Indonesia  over 30mm, super condition, preserved with foot  F++    20
Rhyssoplax diaphora Iredale & May,1916 Australia, SA  30-40mm, high central ridge, strong sculpture F++/GEM 20
Lucilina dilecta Thiele, 1911 Australia, WA  20-25mm, preserved with fleshy girdle F++    12
Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville, 1825) Australia, SA  25-30mm, almost black, preserved with girdle F++    10
Rhyssoplax exoptanda Bednall, 1897 Australia, SA  30-40mm, some red, preserved with dried girdle F++ 15
Lucilina fortilirata (Reeve, 1847) Australia, WA 30-35mm, preserved with girdle  F++  8
Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) Australia, WA 40-50mm, beautifully presented sp with hairy girdle F++    12
Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828 Tasmania  30-40mm, introduced species, preserved with girdle F++    10
Liolophura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) Australia, WA 30-35mm, white speckled girdle, dried animal  F+/F++ 8
Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923 Australia, SA  60-70mm, preserved with girdle  F++    12
Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville, 1825) Australia, WA 40-45mm, preserved with girdle F++/GEM    6
Stenochiton longicymba Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA 35-40mm, long narrow shells, live on weed  F++    10
Rhyssoplax orukta (Maughan, 1900) Australia, SA 15-20mm, very obscure species F++ 25
Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard,1836 Australia, Tasmania 30-35mm, beautifully preserved, complete girdle F++/GEM    10
Stenochiton pilsbryanus Bednall, 1897 Australia, WA  15-18mm, weed dwelling species  F++    6
Ornithochiton quercinus Ashby, 1929 Australia, WA  20-30mm, f quercinus, with girdle, colourful plates  F+/F++ 8
Acanthopleura spinosa Bruguiere, 1792 Australia, WA 50-55mm, black with spiny girdle  F+/F++    15
Cryptoplax striata (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, Tasmania 70-80mm, preserved and complete  F++    15
Ischnochiton subviridis Iredale & May, 1916 Australia, SA  18-20mm, variable patterns  F++     12
Acanthochiton sueurii  (Blainville, 1825) Albany, WA  15-18mm, nicely preserved, gold fibre tufted plate junctions F++    6
Ischnochiton torri Iredale & May, 1916 Australia, WA 30-35mm, bright orange girdle  F++     8
Rhyssoplax tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894  Australia, SA  20-25mm, very colourful species F++     10
Ischnochiton variegatus (Adams & Angas, 1864) Australia, Tasmania 40-45mm, preserved with girdle F++/GEM     5
Ischnochiton virgatus (Reeve, 1848) Australia, VIC  5-10mm, variable colours & patterns F++    6
Lorica volvox Reeve, 1847 Australia, Tasmania 60-70mm, strikingly ridged plates, complete with girdle F++    20
Ischnochiton verconis Torr, 1911 Australia, WA  30-35mm, typical for species  F++  20
Ischnochiton versicolor (Sowerby II, 1840) Australia, Tasmania 30-40mm, preserved complete, coarse ribs on lateral area F++  5

 

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