Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Austral Chiton being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chiton glaucus
- Chiton cumingsii
- Chiton magnificus
- Ischnochiton maorianus
- Chiton virgulatus
- Tripoplax regularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Ischnochitonidae
- Genus
- Ischnochiton
- Species
- Ischnochiton australis
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