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Definition of Genus chiton
1. Noun. A genus of Polyplacophora.
Group relationships: Class Polyplacophora, Polyplacophora
Member holonyms: Chiton, Coat-of-mail Shell, Polyplacophore, Sea Cradle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chiton
Literary usage of Genus chiton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Manual by George Brettingham Sowerby (1852)
"... joined to each other by inserted lamina, and named Articulata by De Blainville,
on that account. The genus Chiton is the only example of this kind of ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"Some Remarks on the White Limestone of Corfu and Vido." By Captain Portlock, RE
MISCELLANEOUS. The genus Chiton found in the Magnesian Limestone of Durham. ..."
3. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1861)
"The genus Chiton was established by ... announced the probable existence of the
genus Chiton in the Devonian limestone of Willmar. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1835)
"... and the genus Chiton. These two last groups, however, form a subtype, which
Blainville calls ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1847)
"On re-examination I think that the genus Chiton should be confined to the species
which have a single notch on the plate of insertion of the central valves, ..."
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