Cymatochiton
Cymatochiton Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
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[]
- ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- ^ "Cymatochiton". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
Categories:
- Carboniferous molluscs
- Prehistoric chiton genera
- Permian molluscs
- Carboniferous animals of North America
- Carboniferous animals of Europe
- Carboniferous first appearances
- Permian genus extinctions
- Prehistoric mollusc stubs
- Chiton stubs