Mollusca:
Class Polyplacophora
This class contains about 600 species of sedentary animals commonly known as chitons, marine forms found from shallow waters to depths of about 1,300 ft (400 m). A chiton has a broad foot and a shell consisting of eight overlapping plates.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Anatomical Features
- Class Aplacophora
- Class Polyplacophora
- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Bivalvia
- Class Scaphopoda
- Class Cephalopoda
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