Chiton

Gasteropods and the Lamellibranchs spring from a common root -- nearly represented by the Chiton -- especially by a hypothetical Chiton with one shell plate.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896

Chiton was a man of some thirty years of age, with a pale Greek face; and looking at him earnestly Beric thought that it looked an honest one.

Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

Beric asked when they had returned to his room, "for Chiton can discharge those of librarian infinitely better than I can do."

Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

To Beric the only bearable portions of his existence were the mornings he spent in reading, and in the study of Greek with Chiton, and in the house of Norbanus.

Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

We know little of the details of the feast; incidentally, that Apollo was vested on the occasion in a purple robe, brought in ceremony from Lacedaemon, woven there, Pausanias tells us, in a certain house called from that circumstance Chiton.

Plato and Platonism Walter Pater 1866

The molluscan genus Chiton offers a partially analogous case.

On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 09 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859

The molluscan genus Chiton offers a partially analogous case.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life 1859

The molluscan genus Chiton offers a partially analogous case.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845

The molluscan genus Chiton offers a partially analogous case.

On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845

Chiton are small, flat mollusks that have eight shell plates.

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