| The sessile amoeba is encased in a hyaline, flattened lorica, which holds the MCB and connects to the meroplasmodium. |
| The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica. |
| Saint Patrick's Breastplate is a lorica, or hymn, which is attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century. |
| Marcus assisted Vandal in putting on what he called the lorica segmentata, the main part of amour that protected the torso. |
| The animals are similarly fastened to the lorica, sometimes directly, sometimes by means of a short stalk. |
| The plesiomorphic condition in both adults and larvae of the lorica seems to be a thin lorica with many plicae. |
