Polyplacophora | 
Chitonida | 
Mopaliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range				
				
					Sinh thái học				
				
			
			
				;  Mức độ sâu 0 - 40 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 290).  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age
			
			
				Chín muồi sinh dục: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 290)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Girdle:  Black leathery covering almost the entire dorsal area.  Dorsal ridge area of each valve:  small portion; left exposed (Ref. 296).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Surf-zone to 40 m.  Usually found on stony or rocky bottoms (Ref. 290); in the middle intertidal zone from Alaska to Point Conception; North of Santa Barbara; also on rocky shore with heavy wave action (Ref. 312).  Herbivorous, feeding primarily on red and green algae and benthic diatoms (Ref. 312).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Eggs | Sự sinh sản | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric.  Life cycle:  Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 West Coast Chitons. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/wcoast.html[accessed20/01/06] (Tài liệu tham khảo 296)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Tài liệu tham khảo 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Tài liệu tham khảo 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (Tài liệu tham khảo 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					 Population dynamicsSự sinh trưởng
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.1 - 10.9, mean 8.9 (based on 94 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.