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Chitons (Gr. coat of mail, tunic)  repreent a somewhat more diverse molluscan group with about 1000 currently described species. They are rather flattened dorsoventrally and have a convex dorsal surface that bears seven or eight articulating limy plates, or valves, hence their name Polyplaophora (“many plate bearers”). The plates overlap …

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