members of the mollusk class Polyplacophora that tightly adhere to the substrate, and have flattened, ovoid bodies and shells comprised of eight overlapping plates.
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The Chitons or Chitonidae are a family of gasteropods, affording the only instance known of a molluscan shell formed of many successive portions, often in contact and overlapping each other, but never truly articulated. The shell in the typical genus Chiton is composed of eight pieces, the animal adhering to rooks or stones after the fashion of the...
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