Chitons
Polyplacophora
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora ( POL-ee-plə-KOF-ər-ə), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known as sea cradles, coat-of-mail shells, or more formally as loricates, polyplacophorans, and occasionally as polyplacophores.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47429.