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Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Loricidae. The shells have the apex of the head valve recurved like a short spout, and a deep sinus in the tail valve. The head valve has eight slits, the median valves have a single slit on each side, and the tail valve have no slits. The girdle is thick and leathery, densely covered with short, blunt, horny spines, and there is a deep posterior slit. Lorica species are found around Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Species
- Lorica haurakiensis Mestayer, 1921
- Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
