FIGURE 16. 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 16. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Mpenjati, paratype (ZIN 2434), BL 9.0 mm: A. Valve I, dorsal view; B. Valve II, dorsal view; C. Valve V, dorsal view; D. Valve VIII, dorsal view; E. Valve IV, ventral view; F. Valve V, detail of tegmentum surface of central area; G. Valve V, rostral view; H. Valve VIII, lateral view.