FIGURE 15–16. Leptochiton clarki n in Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species

FIGURE 15–16. Leptochiton clarki n. sp., Salomon 1 sta. CP1751. Figure 15 (at left). SEM images: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve V, dorsal view; C. Valve VIII, dorsal view; D. Valve IV, ventral view; E. Valve V, tegmentum detail; F. Valve VI, rostral view; G. Valve VIII, left lateral view. Figure 16 (at right). A–D. SEM images: A. Detail of central area of radula, from middle part of mature radular ribbon; B. Girdle surface, flattened to show both dorsal (perinotum, at top) and ventral (below) armature; median disturbance is the margin; C. Dorsal scales from mid-body; D. Marginal bristles and spicules and dorsal scales (at bottom); E–L, line drawings: E. Head of major lateral tooth; F. Central and first lateral teeth; G. Aesthete group; H. Intersegmental bristle; I. Dorsal scale; J. Marginal spicule; K. Marginal bristle; L. Ventral scale.