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.

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 ...

The gumboot chiton is not a glamorous creature. The large, lumpy mollusk creeps along the waters of the Pacific coast, pulling its reddish-brown body up and down the shoreline. It is sometimes ...

The teeth of the world’s largest chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri), nicknamed "the wandering meatloaf” for its charismatic looks (shown), possess a rare mineral once found only in rocks. Jerry ...

Chitons, a type of mollusk, use their razor-sharp teeth to chew rocks to get at the algae inside. Researchers are using a powerful microscope to map the composition of chiton teeth hoping they can ...

Speiser and his colleagues are continuing to investigate chiton vision. It’s a bit of a challenge. For one, “a video of a chiton and a picture of a chiton kind of look the same,” Varney quipped.

A chiton lens is made of basically the same material as the unseeing armor around it. But in the lens, the component grains of aragonite are bigger.

Crystal 'eyes' let simple mollusks called chitons see predators Date: April 14, 2011 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: Using eyes made of a calcium carbonate crystal, a ...