| Saint Patrick's Breastplate is a lorica, or hymn, which is attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century. |
| The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica. |
| 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 animals are similarly fastened to the lorica, sometimes directly, sometimes by means of a short stalk. |
| The abdomen is usually covered with a thin lorica with many folds. |
| Stiff cuticles are simple to recognize, and loricate genera can often be recognized based upon lorica shape alone. |
