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Figure 14. Lepidozona sp. C. Specimen, 19.5 mm length, collected southwest of Point Loma, San Diego County,
California at a depth of 90 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 15. Dendrochiton gothicus (Carpenter, 1864). Dorsal view of 5.2 mm long specimen collected in Santa Monica
Bay, Orange County, California at a depth of 17 m.
Figure 16. Dendrochiton thamnoporus (Berry, 1911). (a) Dorsal view of 6 mm long specimen collected west of La
Jolla, San Diego County, California at a depth of 27 m; (b) Dorsal view of 7.3 mm long specimen collected southwest
of the Tijuana River, San Diego County, California at a depth of 38 m.