| The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica. |
| Marcus assisted Vandal in putting on what he called the lorica segmentata, the main part of amour that protected the torso. |
| The legionary soldiers based at Exeter wore a type of body armour called lorica segmentata made from strips of iron, leather straps and copper alloy fittings. |
| The plesiomorphic condition in both adults and larvae of the lorica seems to be a thin lorica with many plicae. |
| Stiff cuticles are simple to recognize, and loricate genera can often be recognized based upon lorica shape alone. |
| The abdomen is usually covered with a thin lorica with many folds. |
