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Girdle: scaled, where the scales are larger near the valves progressing down in size to smaller ones near the outer edge. Lateral areas: Not distinctly defined. Surface: smooth, even though it looks smooth to the naked eye, is minutely granulated. Mucro: Anti-median. This chiton highly colored and greatly variable (Ref. 296). Tegmentum color: Variable, mostly uniformly creamy yellow, orange, or reddish brown, or dark olive with whitish and brownish streaks radiating from the apices; some are completely white or black, and some have a combination of colors, often with ultramarine blue (Ref. 290).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.