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Figure 8. Lepidozona mertensii (von Middendorff, 1847). Specimen, 15 mm length, collected west of Imperial
Beach, San Diego County, California at a depth of 80 m: (a) Dorsal view of whole animal; (b) Head valve region;
(c) Tail valve region; (d) Lateral areas of intermediate valves; (e) Girdle scales.
Figure 9. Lepidozona radians (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892). (a) Dorsal view of olive green and brown specimen, 6.9
mm length, collected west of the Tijuana River, San Diego County, California at a depth of 14 m; (b) Girdle scales
of previous chiton; (c) Dorsal view of white specimen, 7.4 mm length, collected off Santa Cruz Island, northern
Channel Islands, California.