Cryptoconchus

Cryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.

Cryptoconchus
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent[1]
The butterfly chiton, Cryptoconchus porosus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Cryptoconchus
Blainville in Burrow, 1815
Species
  • C. floridanus (Dall, 1889)
  • C. porosus (Burrow, 1815)

Species

Extinct species

The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.[1]

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References

  1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.


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