Cryptoconchus
Cryptoconchus Temporal range:
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The butterfly chiton, Cryptoconchus porosus. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Acanthochitonidae |
Genus: | Cryptoconchus Blainville in Burrow, 1815 |
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Cryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.
Species[]
- Cryptoconchus porosus - the butterfly chiton
- - the white-barred chiton
Extinct species[]
The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.[1]
References[]
- "Cryptoconchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Categories:
- Acanthochitonidae
- Extant Pliocene first appearances
- Chiton stubs