Chitons, molluscs, Painted Cliffs, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Chitons are marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora (formerly Amphineura). The animals cling to sandstone of the Painted Cliffs, in Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.

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Contained in galleries: AUSTRALIA: TASMANIA: Cradle Mt Wilderness, Painted Cliffs, Freycinet, Karst caves

Chitons are marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora (formerly Amphineura). The animals cling to sandstone of the Painted Cliffs, in Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.