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. 



Animal, or inhabitant of its shell, a Doris. 

 Shell plated, consisting of many parts, lying 

 upon each other transversely. 



1. crinitus. Gm. Lin. 3206. Mont. Test. Br. 4. 



hair if' Lin. Tr. viii. 20. 



v^H. with seven valves; thick set with short 

 hairs ; five-eighths of an inch long. 



Inhabits the sea near Aberdeen, Tab. xxxix. 

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



