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: fig. 1I–M, 3B, 4A–D.
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFF2D0CBB57FE22BB" bold="true" box="[199,432,150,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Material examined.</emphasis>
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96 spms. 
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</emphasis>
, 
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, 
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, 34˚2’46.1’’S, 25˚38’4.6”E, 2 m, on abalone shell, 1 spm, 
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5.0 mm, 
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</date>
, leg. 
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; 
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFCAC0C9755B622DF" bold="true" box="[838,1016,186,212]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">
<location id="8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFCAC0C9755B622DF" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEBDC6BFF7D0A5352242414:8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFCAC0C9755B622DF" box="[838,1016,186,212]" country="South Africa" county="Oatlands" municipality="False Bay" name="Atlantic Ocean" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Atlantic Ocean</location>
</emphasis>
, 
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, 
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, 34˚12’29.42’’S, 18˚27’46.48”E, intertidal, stones on sand, 1 spm, 
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9.2 mm, 
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<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFCA10CF2558522F2" box="[843,971,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-16">16.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFB4A0CF2535522F2" box="[1184,1307,223,249]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
; Rocklands Point, 34˚12’59.04’’S, 18˚27’57.31”E, intertidal–0 m, stones on sand, 5 spms, 
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7.0–8.0 mm, 
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<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFB0F0D2E532B2316" box="[1253,1381,259,285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-16">16.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFED70D0A57F2234A" box="[317,444,295,321]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="3B15972BFFE8DC6EFE210D0A557C236E" collectingDate="1996-03-17" collectingDateMax="1996-03-24" collectingDateMin="1996-03-17" collectionCode="BL" collectorName="B. Sirenko &amp; I. Smirnov" country="South Africa" location="Boulders" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" specimenCode="BL 5.5" specimenCount="1">
<location id="8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFE210D0A547D234A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEBDC6BFF7D0A5352242414:8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFE210D0A547D234A" box="[459,563,295,321]" country="South Africa" name="Boulders" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Boulders</location>
, 34˚11’49.20’’S, 18˚27’3.60”E, intertidal–0 m, stones on sand, 2 spms, BL 5.5–6.0 mm, 
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<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFED20D6657F6236E" box="[312,440,331,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-17">17.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFD470D665560236E" box="[685,814,331,357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
;
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B15972BFFE8DC6EFCD50D6652C42382" collectingDate="1996-03-24" collectingDateMax="1996-03-24" collectingDateMin="1996-03-17" collectionCode="BL" collectorName="B. Sirenko &amp; I. Smirnov" country="South Africa" location="Boulders" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" specimenCode="BL 5.5" specimenCount="1">
Glencairns, 34˚9’48’’S, 18˚25’47”E, intertidal–0 m, stones in tide pool, 9 spms, BL 4.0–8.0 mm, 23– 
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE8DC6EFD5C0D4255762382" box="[694,824,367,393]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-24">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFD5C0D4255762382" box="[694,824,367,393]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-24">24.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFBE40D4252C42382" box="[1038,1162,367,393]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<location id="8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFB7F0D42535F2382" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEBDC6BFF7D0A5352242414:8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFB7F0D42535F2382" box="[1173,1297,367,393]" country="South Africa" name="Glencairns" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Glencairns</location>
, 34˚9’48’’S, 18˚25’47”E, intertidal–0 m, stones in tide pool, 2 spms, BL 7.0 mm, 
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE8DC6EFC5D0DBE527923A6" box="[951,1079,403,429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="2000-11-03">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFC5D0DBE527923A6" box="[951,1079,403,429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="2000-11-03">11.03.2000</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFAF00DBE53D623A6" box="[1306,1432,403,429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
;
</materialsCitation>
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Oatlands, 34˚12’29.42’’S, 18˚27’46.48”E, 2.0 m, stones on rocks, 1 spm, BL 7.0 mm, 
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE8DC6EFBB10D9A529223DA" box="[1115,1244,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="2007-03-02">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFBB10D9A529223DA" box="[1115,1244,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="2007-03-02">03.02.2007</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFAFC0D9A53DD23DA" box="[1302,1427,439,465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">B. Sirenko</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;, 
<materialsCitation id="3B15972BFFE8DC6EFF7D0DF657F72012" collectingDate="1996-03-20" collectingDateMax="1996-03-22" collectingDateMin="1996-03-20" collectionCode="BL" collectorName="B. Sirenko &amp; I. Smirnov" country="South Africa" location="Kommetjie" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" specimenCount="1">
<location id="8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFF7D0DF6575623FE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEBDC6BFF7D0A5352242414:8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFF7D0DF6575623FE" box="[151,280,475,501]" country="South Africa" name="Kommetjie" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Kommetjie</location>
, 34˚8’25’’S, 18˚19’45.1”E, intertidal–0 m, stones in tide pool, 5 spms, BL 7.0–9.0 mm, 
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE8DC6EFB020DF6532723FE" box="[1256,1385,475,501]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-20">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFB020DF6532723FE" box="[1256,1385,475,501]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-20">20.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFED20DD257FB2012" box="[312,437,511,537]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
;
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B15972BFFE8DC6EFE280DD2556B2036" collectingDate="1996-03-22" collectingDateMax="1996-03-22" collectingDateMin="1996-03-20" collectionCode="BL" collectorName="B. Sirenko &amp; I. Smirnov" country="South Africa" location="Kommetjie" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" specimenCount="1">
Klein-Stagkop Point, 34˚9’48’’S, 18˚25’47”E, intertidal, stones on rocks, 50 spms, BL 3.0–9.0 mm, 19– 
<date id="FFC3BBB6FFE8DC6EFEB90E0E57982036" box="[339,470,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-22">
<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFEB90E0E57982036" box="[339,470,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="1996-03-22">22.03.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFD410E0E556B2036" box="[683,805,547,573]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<location id="8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFCDA0E0E55D32036" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D42C60FFEBDC6BFF7D0A5352242414:8EA2CBADFFE8DC6EFCDA0E0E55D32036" box="[816,925,547,573]" country="South Africa" latitude="-34.033333" longLatPrecision="1202" longitude="18.35" name="Hout Bay" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Hout Bay</location>
, 
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, intertidal, stones on rocks in tide pools, 20 spms, BL 4.0–9.0 mm, 
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<collectingDate id="EF87425EFFE8DC6EFDD60E6A54F3206A" box="[572,701,583,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" value="2000-12-03">12.03.2000</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg. 
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&amp; 
<collectorName id="2688F8A0FFE8DC6EFC790E6A525F206A" box="[915,1041,583,609]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">I. Smirnov.</collectorName>
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE8DC6EFF2D0E475337208E" box="[199,1401,618,645]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFF2D0E47572F208F" bold="true" box="[199,353,618,644]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Distribution.</emphasis>
From Port Alfred (south Indian Ocean) to Hout Bay (south Atlantic Ocean), intertidal to 
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE8DC6EFF2D0EA3537626E2" pageId="2" pageNumber="294" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE8DC6EFF2D0EA357302132" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFF2D0EA3571720A3" bold="true" box="[199,345,654,680]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Description.</emphasis>
Animal small, up to 9.2 x 
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, tegmentum completely ivory white or with umber spots, valves rounded or bluntly carinated, not beaked, little or rather elevated (dorsal elevation 0.35–0.44), mucro anterior. All areas of tegmentum smooth except several dozens of small, flattened granules in jugum, rounded pores of megalaesthetes are two to three times larger than slit-like pores of micraesthetes. Both granules and pores arranged in a random manner.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE8DC6EFF2D0F6E55DF218A" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Articulamentum white, semi-transparent, apophyses thin, prominently rounded, trapezoid in tail valve, slit formula 9–11/1/7–10, slit rays clearly visible, eaves narrow, porous.</paragraph>
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Girdle of ivory color with yellow band and spots, clothed with small, slightly flattened, round-topped spicules (20–22 x 9–11 µm), no tuft of long needles, but аmong dorsal spicules, short, narrow, round-topped spines (26 x 6 µm) are occasionally found. The latter seem to be homologues to long needles collected in tufts in other members of the genus. Along the margin two kinds of girdle elements are much longer: smooth bluntly pointed needles (95 x 16 µm) and pointed needles with longitudinal riblets in dorsal side. Ventral scales with two scale 
<typeStatus id="54C623D4FFE8DC6EFB3F0836535A263E" box="[1237,1300,1051,1077]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">types</typeStatus>
: rectangular flattened scales (50 x 18 µm) arranged in one row near the margin and sharply pointed scales (30 x 8 µm) with 3–5 small riblets in upper half.
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Wide and narrow studied chitons have similar radula 
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long with 34–35 transverse rows of mature teeth Major lateral teeth of radula with tricuspid dental caps.
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE8DC6EFF2D08E2537626E2" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,1257]" box="[199,1336,1231,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Nine to twelve gills arranged between valves III and VII on each side in a specimen with BL 7.0 mm.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFF7D0B75575B257B" bold="true" box="[151,277,1880,1904]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFEF70B7557B2257B" box="[285,508,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFC370B7555A1257B" bold="true" box="[989,1007,1880,1904]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">A</emphasis>
. Narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE8DC6EFAAD0B745316257A" bold="true" box="[1351,1368,1881,1905]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">B</emphasis>
. Wide specimen, BL 7.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFF7D0AAA575D2494" bold="true" box="[151,275,1671,1695]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFEF30AAA57B92494" box="[281,503,1671,1695]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
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, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, wide specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFB010AAA534A2494" bold="true" box="[1259,1284,1671,1695]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">A.</emphasis>
Valve I, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFF3C0A8156A324CF" bold="true" box="[214,237,1708,1732]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">B.</emphasis>
Valve II, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFE380A8657A424C8" bold="true" box="[466,490,1707,1731]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">C.</emphasis>
Valve V, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFD270A8154A824CF" bold="true" box="[717,742,1708,1732]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">D.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFC0F0A8155B224CF" bold="true" box="[997,1020,1708,1732]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">E.</emphasis>
Valve IV, ventral view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFB1A0A81534D24CF" bold="true" box="[1264,1283,1708,1732]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">F.</emphasis>
Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFDF30AE2547D24EC" bold="true" box="[537,563,1743,1767]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">G.</emphasis>
Valve V, rostral view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFCF30AFD557A24E3" bold="true" box="[793,820,1744,1768]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">H.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C367CEFDFFE9DC6BFF2D0B3B52242414" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="299" pageId="3" pageNumber="295" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFE9DC69FF2D0B3B5730234A" blockId="3.[151,1437,1814,2020]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1437,151,321]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="297" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFF2D0B3B5775253B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1814,1840]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">Remarks.</emphasis>
It should be noted that there are some differences in the sculpture of the tegmentum and the location of the mucro between the individuals I described examined from False Bay (
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) and the described specimen from the 
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of Good Hope (
<bibRefCitation id="EFECE087FFE9DC6FFE030B7354BA2573" author="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A." box="[489,756,1885,1912]" pageId="3" pageNumber="295" refId="ref9199" refString="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A. (1985) Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Vol. 2 Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae &amp; Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill / W, Backhuys, Publisher, Leiden, 198 pp." type="book" year="1985">Kaas &amp; Van Belle 1985</bibRefCitation>
). This seems to indicate intraspecific variability of 
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFE9DC6FFAC60B7353DB257C" box="[1324,1429,1886,1911]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="295">L. turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. I studied 
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with a narrow and wide shape of the body but the same BL (7.0 mm) from the same lot from False Bay (
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). The wider specimen has fewer gills (9 instead of 12 gills in the narrow chiton), more slit-like micraesthetes, a shorter antemucronal area and lower valves (dorsal elevation 
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wider specimen and 
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narrower one). Both studied specimens have an anterior mucro. The mucro was also described as anterior of centre by 
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, 
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), whereas the mucro is submedian according to 
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. I did not see radiating rows of granules on the head valve, the lateral areas of the intermediate valves, and the postmucronal area of the tail valve as noted by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFECE087FFEFDC69FE3F0D2E54BA2316" author="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A." box="[469,756,258,285]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297" refId="ref9199" refString="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A. (1985) Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Vol. 2 Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Schizoplacinae, Callochitoninae &amp; Lepidochitoninae. E. J. Brill / W, Backhuys, Publisher, Leiden, 198 pp." type="book" year="1985">Kaas &amp; Van Belle (1985)</bibRefCitation>
. The granules on the jugum and aesthetes pores are arranged in a random manner.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFEEDC68FF7D0937570D2771" blockId="4.[151,1437,1306,1402]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FF7D0937575B2739" bold="true" box="[151,277,1306,1330]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FEF50937544B2739" box="[287,517,1306,1330]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">
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,
</emphasis>
S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, wide specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FAFD0937531E2739" bold="true" box="[1303,1360,1306,1330]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">A, B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needles; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FD87091354CB275D" bold="true" box="[621,645,1342,1366]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FCDC09135501275E" bold="true" box="[822,847,1342,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needle, view from dorsal side.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FF7D0B94575B25D9" bold="true" box="[151,277,1977,2002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FEF70B9757B325DA" box="[285,509,1978,2002]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, wide specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FAE70B94536825DA" bold="true" box="[1293,1318,1977,2001]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">A.</emphasis>
Radula; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEEDC68FA6F0B9753D225D9" bold="true" box="[1413,1436,1978,2002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="296">B.</emphasis>
Central and first lateral teeth of radula.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFEFDC69FF7D0B395222257E" blockId="5.[151,1437,1812,1909]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FF7D0B39575B2527" bold="true" box="[151,277,1812,1837]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FEF40B3857B02527" box="[286,510,1813,1837]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FAC00B39530D2527" bold="true" box="[1322,1347,1812,1836]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">A.</emphasis>
Valve I, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FEF30B14577E255A" bold="true" box="[281,304,1849,1873]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">B.</emphasis>
Valve II, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FDFE0B155463255B" bold="true" box="[532,557,1848,1872]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">C.</emphasis>
Valve V, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FCE40B145569255A" bold="true" box="[782,807,1849,1873]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">D.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, dorsal view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FBCF0B145272255A" bold="true" box="[1061,1084,1849,1873]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">E.</emphasis>
Valve IV, ventral view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FAC50B14530C255A" bold="true" box="[1327,1346,1849,1873]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">F.</emphasis>
Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FDBD0B71543F257F" bold="true" box="[599,625,1884,1908]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">G.</emphasis>
Valve V, rostral view; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEFDC69FCB20B70553C257E" bold="true" box="[856,882,1885,1909]" pageId="5" pageNumber="297">H.</emphasis>
Valve VIII, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFECDC6AFF7D09285502276D" blockId="6.[151,1437,1285,1382]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFF7D0928575A2716" bold="true" box="[151,276,1285,1309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFEF6092B57B52716" box="[284,507,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
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, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFAF30928531F2715" bold="true" box="[1305,1361,1285,1310]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">A, B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needles; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFD97090454DB274A" bold="true" box="[637,661,1321,1345]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, arrow show short, narrow, rounded top spine; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFADC090753012749" bold="true" box="[1334,1359,1322,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needles, view from dorsal side.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFECDC6AFF7D0B9A546F25F8" blockId="6.[151,1436,1975,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFF7D0B9A574025C4" bold="true" box="[151,270,1975,1999]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">FIGURE 7</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFEF10B9A57B725C4" box="[283,505,1975,1999]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFAE50B9A536625C4" bold="true" box="[1295,1320,1975,1999]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">A.</emphasis>
Radula; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFECDC6AFA6F0B9A53D225C4" bold="true" box="[1413,1436,1975,1999]" pageId="6" pageNumber="298">B.</emphasis>
Central and first lateral teeth of radula.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC29D76FFEDDC6BFF7D08CB568E2762" blockId="7.[151,1437,1254,1385]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFF7D08CB575C26F5" bold="true" box="[151,274,1254,1278]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFEDDC6BFEFD08CB57BD26F5" baseAuthorityName="Ashby" baseAuthorityYear="1928" box="[279,499,1254,1278]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="7" pageNumber="299" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="turtoni">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFEFD08CB57BD26F5" box="[279,499,1254,1278]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">Lepidochitona turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm: 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFB1A08CB534626F5" bold="true" box="[1264,1288,1254,1278]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">A.</emphasis>
Short, narrow, rounded top spine; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFEB70927573A2729" bold="true" box="[349,372,1290,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal spicule; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFDF70927547B2729" bold="true" box="[541,565,1290,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">C.</emphasis>
Marginal smooth needle; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFCA9092755122729" bold="true" box="[835,860,1290,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">D.</emphasis>
Marginal ribbed needle; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFB8A092752392729" bold="true" box="[1120,1143,1290,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">E.</emphasis>
Ventral rectangular scale; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFA63092753D22729" bold="true" box="[1417,1436,1290,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">F.</emphasis>
Ventral ribbed scale; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFE9B090357C5274D" bold="true" box="[369,395,1326,1350]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">G.</emphasis>
Central tooth and first lateral teeth of radula; 
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFC8C090355CF274D" bold="true" box="[870,897,1326,1350]" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">H.</emphasis>
Head of major lateral tooth of radula. Scale bar 100 µm.
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<taxonomicName id="4C7DE6F5FFEDDC6BFF2D09B4577D27B9" baseAuthorityName="Ashby" baseAuthorityYear="1928" box="[199,307,1433,1458]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Tonicellidae" genus="Lepidochitona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chitonida" pageId="7" pageNumber="299" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="turtoni">
<emphasis id="B9094164FFEDDC6BFF2D09B4577D27B9" box="[199,307,1433,1458]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">L. turtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easy to distinguish from many other species of the genus by the absence of sutural tuft needles. Previously, it was generally believed that this species lacks such needles on the perinotum (
<bibRefCitation id="EFECE087FFEDDC6BFB3B0991569D27F1" author="Sirenko, B. I. &amp; Hayes, B." pageId="7" pageNumber="299" pagination="81 - 86" refId="ref9753" refString="Sirenko, B. I. &amp; Hayes, B. (1999) A new species of Lepidochitona (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from South Africa, Ruthenica, 9 (2), 81 - 86." type="journal article" year="1999">Sirenko &amp; Hayes 1999</bibRefCitation>
). However, after examination under a Scanning Electron Microscope, small smooth spines were found on the perinotum (
<figureCitation id="134681F3FFEDDC6BFEF00A29573C2415" box="[282,370,1540,1566]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1285,1309]" captionTargetBox="[166,1423,182,1262]" captionTargetId="figure-15@6.[164,1423,181,1262]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 6. Lepidochitona turtoni, S. Africa, False Bay, Glen Cairns, intertidal, narrow specimen, BL 7.0 mm: A, B. Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needles; C. Dorsal spicules, arrow show short, narrow, rounded top spine; D. Dorsal spicules, ventral scales and marginal needles, view from dorsal side." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532606" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7532606/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="299">Fig. 6C</figureCitation>
), which may correspond to the long tuft needles in other congeners.
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