The chiton Ferreiraella populi has eight armored shell plates and an iron-clad radula.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by the primary taxonomic description (peer-reviewed) plus multiple independent journalistic sources; consistent with known chiton biology (magnetite-coated radula teeth).
Sources
- This weird deep-sea creature was named by thousands of people online | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
- https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/180491/ (bdj.pensoft.net)
- https://zenodo.org/records/18510025 (zenodo.org)
- https://scitechdaily.com/the-internet-just-named-a-brand-new-deep-sea-creature-found-nearly-3-miles-deep/ (scitechdaily.com)
- https://gizmodo.com/new-deep-sea-mollusk-has-an-iron-tongue-and-hitchhiking-worms-that-eat-its-poo-2000719955 (gizmodo.com)