It should be noted that the horny pieces of the carapace are termed "shields" and the bony pieces "plates."
πλευρόν, side; δειρή, neck.
Journ. Morph. xv. 1897, p. 21.
Amer. Natural. xxxii. 1898, p. 929.
Contributions to the Nat. Hist. of the U.S.A., Boston, 1857.