Cymatochiton

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

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

Species: [2]

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References

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