13 Lepidochitona cinerea

13 Lepidochitona cinerea

Length 13.5 mm.
1: distal tip of mouth lappet extending laterally from crescent-moon shaped head.
2: ventral surface of girdle (hyponotum) paved with radiating rows of oblong, scales about 50μm X12μm, often some stained brownish
3: mantle cavity concealed by wide-spread foot gripping substrate.
4: ctenidium in small exposed section of mantle cavity.

Transverse muscle fibres visible across the central part of the foot.
Menai Strait, Wales. February 2014.

KEY ID FEATURES and similar species at: 01 Lepidochitona cinerea