FIGURE 5–6. Leptochiton consimilis n in Deep-sea chitons from sunken wood in the West Pacific (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida): taxonomy, distribution, and seven new species

FIGURE 5–6. Leptochiton consimilis n. sp., Salomon 2 sta. CP 2216. Figure 5 (at left): SEM images: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve V, dorsal view; C. Valve VIII, dorsal view; D. Valve IV, rostral view; E. Valve V, detail of tegmentum; F. Valve VII, ventral view; G. Valve VIII, left lateral view. FIGURE 6 (at right): A–D, SEM images: A. Detail of radula, central and major lateral teeth from middle of mature part of radula; B. Dorsal spicules, mid body; C. Dorsal and marginal (lower) spicules; D. Ventral scales; E–K, line drawings: E. Head of major lateral tooth; F. Central and first lateral teeth of radula; G. Aesthete group in central area; H. Intersegmental spicule, imbedded in chitinous cups; I. Dorsal scale; J. Marginal spicule; G. Ventral scale.