Mollusk Discovery

Chiton



Common Name: Butterfly Chiton

Scientific Name: Cryptoconchus porosus

Taxonomy

• Kingdom-Animal
• Phylum-Mollusk
• Class-Polyplacophora
• Order-Neoloricata
• Family-Acanthochitonidae
• Genus-Cryptoconchus
• Species-Cryptoconchus porosus

Link to video:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD0QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzsScH4TJ7NA&ei=DtaQTdmMEKG00QGd1-CnCw&usg=AFQjCNHAZrziCx-0pQkQb5KOa7slG5XYIg&sig2=gXxCkX1VwNBtPe8f4sA74w

To be a true chiton, it has to have no eyes and no tentacles. It has to have 8 overlapping shells over a muscular foot. It uses its radula to scrap algae off rocks. They can hold on tight to rocks, and if pried off they will roll up.