A yellow domed shell under water

Rhyssoplax aerea is a chiton (type of marine mollusc) only found in New Zealand. This specimen in a beautiful golden colour. Photo by Luca Davenport-Thomas, via iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0Read more

Rhyssoplax aerea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113297376 is a chiton (type of marine mollusc) only found in New Zealand. This specimen in a beautiful golden colour. Photo by Luca Davenport-Thomas, CC BY-NC.


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