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Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

MNHN-IM-2013-2051
2.5

Taxonomy

Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Lepidopleurida
Leptochitonidae
Leptochiton pumilus Sirenko & Saito, 2020

Origin

Kranket I.
West side
2012-11-11
7 -15
5° 11' 50.1612'' S ; 145° 48' 50.4396'' E
Papua New Guinea, Kranket Island, west side, 05°11.8′ S, 145°48.8′ E, depth 7–15 m (Expédition PAPUA NIUGINI, stn PB12)

Determination

HOLOTYPE
, . - Two new species of the family Leptochitonidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the tropical and subtropical shallow waters of the West Pacific. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 24(1-2): 19-36
 
Citation: p. 21-27 fig. 1-6 (d.o.)