Snake-skin chiton
The English common name refers to the scaly girdle that surrounds that 8 articulated plates. Known as papatua in Maori.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 60/1919/16
- Collection Class
- Molluscs
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collector Excavator
- Jewell, Miss Florence (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- snake-skin chiton
- Simple Name
- mollusc: shell
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
