Re: A Californian mystery

December 11, 1998
From: Peter Firminger

Re Rebecca's message. I had a bit of a search and came up with a few sites..

Giant gum-boot chiton at UCSC
Cryptochiton stelleri at the University of Michigan
Kelp Forest Ecology also at UCSC
This is the search I performed on Metacrawler to find them.

Regards,

PeterF

peterf@austmus.gov.au

Thanks Peter,
The first picture does look like Rebecca's description of a red gridiron football. .. Bill Rudman.

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Chitons, Amphineura and Polyplacophora

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