A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time – one that bears the pet name “wandering meatloaf.” They’re more commonly known as chiton, a ...

The chiton Acanthopleura granulate looks like a fossil that became rock, but is actually a living organism that thrives in the Caribbean and uses heavy armor to protect itself from predatory fish.

The dentition of the gumboot chiton, a lumbering mollusk, contains a rare mineral never before seen in a living animal. By Emily Anthes The gumboot chiton is not a glamorous creature. The large ...

Why did the chiton roll into a ball? “To get to the other side,” said Julia Sigwart, an evolutionary biologist at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland.. About 500 million years ago, a ...

Chiton mollusk provides model for new armor design Date: December 10, 2019 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: The way the scale armor works is that when in contact with a force, the scales converge ...

Because if they see you they will clamp down,” Varney said. “And you can sit there with a nail file and try to pry the chiton off; you will lose.” Speiser and his colleagues are continuing to ...

A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time -- one that bears the pet name "wandering meatloaf." ...

But the chiton has eight mineralized plates covering the top of the creature and around its base it has a girdle of very small scales assembled like fish scales, that provide flexibility as well ...

You'd probably walk past a chiton without even seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed on the crusty intertidal rocks. But it sees you. At least, if ...

The largest chiton in the world, it can reach 13 inches in length. Researchers were surprised to find santabarbaraite in the mollusk's tooth because it's previously been found only in rocks.