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| Class: Polyplacophora: (poly-plac-ah'-for-a): chitons. Body covered with eight overlapping shells on dorsal surface. They have alarge creeping foot, and use their radula to scrape algae off of intertidal rocks. | |
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| Radula; Gumboot chiton; Lined chiton; Mossy chiton | This light-colored chiton is on an encrusting alga. |