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| Ischnochiton comptus (Gould, 1859) | |
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Ischnochiton comptus is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Ischnochitonidae. [1]
The species is 30 mm in size. [5]
Mainly distributed in the North Pacific region, [3] such as: South Korea, Taiwan, [5] Mainland China, [4] [6] Japan especially in central Honshu. [1] [2] Can be seen on rocks in intertidal zone and neritic zone. [5]
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