| Cryptoconchus | |
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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.
The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks. [1]
Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora, formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
Brachychiton is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia, and New Guinea. Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Paleogene.
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
Chiton glaucus, common name the green chiton or the blue green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It is the most common chiton species in New Zealand. Chiton glaucus is part of a very primitive group of mollusc with evidence of being present in up to 80 million years of the fossil record.
Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.
Cryptoconchus porosus, the butterfly chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Acanthochitonidae.
Lepidopleurus is an extant genus of chitons in the family Leptochitonidae.
Ischnochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc.
Callochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae.
Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae.
Acanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution.
Notoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.
Craspedochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, endemic to New Zealand, the Philippines and Australia.
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.
Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons, marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.
Hanleya is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs known from Oligocene and Miocene fossils; it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China), H. brachyplax (Brazil) and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges.
Helminthochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran mollusc. Helminthochiton became extinct during the Permian period.
Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period, but there are also extant species.
Lepidochitona is a genus of chitons. It has been included in the families Tonicellidae, Ischnochitonidae, and Lepidochitonidae.
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