142 CHITON. COAT OF MAIL, Class VI. 



Div. III. TESTACEA. 



VERMES. 



Of the soft kind, and simple make, commonly 

 covered with a calcareous habitation, or shell. 



Sect. I. MULTIVALVE SHELLS. 

 GENUS I. CHITON. COAT OF MAIL. 



Ajtimal, or inhabitant of its shell, a Doris. 

 Shell plated, consisting of many parts, lying 

 upon each other transversely. 



1. CRINITUS. Gm. Lin. 3206. Moni. Test. Br. 4. 



^«»''y- Lin. TV. viii. 20. 



\-/H. with seven valves ; thick set with short 

 hairs ; five-eighths of an inch long. 



Inhabits the sea near Aberdeen. Tab. xxxix. 

 Jig. I. of the natural size; Jig. A. 1. magnified. 



