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Chiton: Snakeskin Chiton, Kaikoura
Seashore: Chiton: Snakeskin Chiton, Kaikoura
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis, or papatua, about 35 mm long. This one has got its own hitch-hiking barnacles.

January 2002