Tonicella lineata, (W. Wood, 1814)
Tonicella lineata, commonly known as the lined chiton, is a species of chiton from the North Pacific.
Tonicella lineata is a very colorful chiton, having blue, purple or black straight or zig-zag lines on each of the eight valves. The background color of the valves is often brown or red, but can also be bright blue or yellow to orange. The girdle is hairless and brown to red or pink, often with regular yellow or white patches. This species grows to 5 cm in length.
The natural range of T. lineata stretches from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to San Miguel Island of California, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk of Russia and northern Japan. This species has also been found in Puget Sound, Washington on floats. It has been recorded from intertidal and subtidal waters to a depth of 30 to 90 m (98 to 295 ft).
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