{"id":58847,"date":"2025-08-10T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58847"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:14:32","slug":"chitons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chitons\/","title":{"rendered":"Chitons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chitons Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A groundbreaking new study published recently reveals that chitons grow teeth that aren\u2019t just hard; they&#8217;re harder than stainless steel, zirconium oxide, and even human enamel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chitons<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>flattened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> bilaterally symmetrical marine invertebrates.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitons belong to the <\/span><b>phylum Mollusca <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(along with sea snails, sea slugs, and bivalves).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitons occur <\/span><b>only in marine habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They are <\/span><b>worldwide in distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but most <\/span><b>abundant in warm regions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The approximately <\/span><b>600 species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are usually placed in the class Placophora, Polyplacophora, or Loricata.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Chitons <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitons are usually <\/span><b>oval in shape.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They vary in appearance and can be found in <\/span><b>shades of grey and brown, red, green, and pink.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the dorsal <\/span><b>(upper) surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>row of eight overlapping plates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> surrounded or covered by a tough girdle.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitons use a<\/span><b> large, flat foot for creeping along and clinging to rocks;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they also have a <\/span><b>well-developed radula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (filelike structure) with which to <\/span><b>scrape algae and other plant food from rocks.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On either side of the foot is a groove containing the gills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 5 cm (2 inches) is the maximum length of most chitons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitons are <\/span><b>very flexible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can<\/span><b> fit snugly into rock crevices or curl into a ball when detached.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can also adhere so firmly to rocks that they may be injured when pried loose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Life span<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> typically ranges from a <\/span><b>few years to 20 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most are <\/span><b>nocturnal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in habit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/study-reveals-natures-hardest-teeth-chitons-inspire-future-material-design\/articleshow\/123192567.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chitons are flattened, bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks found worldwide, with around 600 species, most abundant in warm seas. 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