FIGURE 17. Lepidochitona africana n in Chitons of the genus Lepidochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the Indian Ocean and ordering of species compositions of some genera of the subfamily Tonicellinae

FIGURE 17. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm: A. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and two kinds of ventral scales; B. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles, two kinds of ventral scales and sutural tufts of needles; C. Dorsal spicules; D. Dorsal spicules, sutural and near margin tufts of needles and two kinds of marginal needles.