FIGURE 11. 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 11. Lepidochitona africana n. sp., S. Africa, Port Alfred, holotype (ZIN 2433), BL 8.6 mm: A. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and tuft of needles near margin; B. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of ventral scales, marginal needles and rest of tuft of needles among dorsal spicules; C. Dorsal spicules, two kinds of marginal needles and sutural tuft of needles; D. Ventral scales.Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2023, Chitons of the genus Lepidochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the Indian Ocean and ordering of species compositions of some genera of the subfamily Tonicellinae, pp. 292-316 in Zootaxa 5228 (3) on page 302, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/753258