Lirachiton

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Lirachiton
Temporal range: Pliocene [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Suborder: Lepidopleurina
Family:† Afossochitonidae
Genus:† Lirachiton
Synonyms
  • Acanthochiton (Lirachiton)Ashby & Cotton, 1939
  • † Acanthochitona (Lirachiton)Ashby & Cotton, 1939

Lirachiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Lirachiton became extinct in the Pliocene period. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN   90 6279 018 6.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lirachiton Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375978 on 2022-06-11


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