Cryptoconchus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
Species
C. porosus
Cryptoconchus porosus, common name the butterfly chiton, is a large chiton with the following synonyms:
Chiton porosus Burrow, 1815
Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
Chiton monticularis Quoy and Gaimard, 1835
Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
Acanthochites porosus Suter, 1913
C. floridanus
This species is known as the white-barred chiton.
Extinct species
The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.[1]
References
- ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- "Cryptoconchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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