Lirachiton

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

Lirachiton
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species

  • Lirachiton inexpectus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)

References

  1. 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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