Description

Diagnosis: Of small to large size, elongate, the length 2 to 3 times the width, tail valve relatively large, depressed, mucro subcentral and inconspicuous, slit formula many / 1 or more / many, girdle decorated with minute to large, more or less elongate scales, or with stout, bent, striated spines (Kaas & Van Belle 1987).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Polyplacophora

Order: Chitonida

Family: Ischnochitonidae

Genus: Stenoplax

Species: Stenoplax Dall, 1879