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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Suborder: | Lepidopleurina |
Family: | † Afossochitonidae |
Genus: | † Lirachiton |
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Lirachiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Lirachiton became extinct in the Pliocene period. [1] [2]
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