Cymatochiton

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Cymatochiton
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Family: Leptochitonidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Cymatochiton

Cymatochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Cymatochiton became extinct during the Permian period.[1]

Species:[2]

  • (King, 1848) = Cymatochiton loftusianus (King, 1848)
  • (Brady, 1955) = 6Cymatochiton kaibabensis (Brady, 1955)

References[]

  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. ^ "Cymatochiton". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 December 2021.


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