Small, shelled, and unassuming, chitons have eyes unlike any other creature in the animal kingdom.
Eye spots on shells evolved 4 times independently
Eyespots evolved in one group of chitons as early as 260 to 200 million years ago
Eyespots evolved again in another group evolved in the Jurassic some 200 to 150 million years ago
Then, shell eyes evolved another time between 150 to 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous
Lastly eyespots evolved 75 to 25 million years ago














